Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Владимир Жаботинский
זאב זשאַבאָטינסקי
Jabotinsky in 1935
Born
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky

(1880-10-17)17 October 1880[1]
Odessa, Russian Empire[2]
Died3 August 1940(1940-08-03) (aged 59)[3]
Resting place

31°46′26″N 35°10′50″E / 31.77389°N 35.18056°E / 31.77389; 35.18056
CitizenshipRussian Empire
Alma materSapienza University
Occupations
  • Zionist activist
  • military leader
  • author
  • journalist
Years active1898–1940
Known forBetar movement
Political partyHatzohar
Spouse
Hanna Markovna Halpern
(m. 1907⁠–⁠1940)
ChildrenEri Jabotinsky
AwardsMember of the Order of the British Empire (1919)
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
 • Territorial Army
Years of service1915–1919
Rank Lieutenant
Unit20th Battalion, London Regiment
Jewish Legion
Battles / warsWorld War I

Ze'ev Jabotinsky[a][b][c] MBE (born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky;[d] 17 October 1880[1]  – 3 August 1940)[4] was a Revisionist Zionist leader, author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa.

With Joseph Trumpeldor, he co-founded the Jewish Legion of the British Army in World War I.[5] Later he established several Jewish organizations, including the paramilitary group Betar in Latvia, the youth movement Hatzohar and the militant organization Irgun in Mandatory Palestine.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference bio-dic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Torossian, Ronn (19 May 2014). "Jabotinsky: A Life, by Hillel Halkin - Read and Wonder". Israel National News.
  3. ^ "Ze'ev Jabotinsky". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ Most of the books say that Jabotinsky died on 4 August, because they wrongly convert the date from the Hebrew calendar. See details below.
  5. ^ Klinger, Jerry (October 2010). "The Struggle for the Jewish Legion and The Birth of the IDF". Jewish Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2010.


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