1870Mikveh Israel Agricultural School Established

Mikveh Israel, the first modern Jewish agricultural school a...
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🌱 George Gawler Encourages Jewish Settlements

George Gawler, previously the governor of South Australia, starts to encourage Jewish settlements in the land of Israel.
George Gawler Encourages Jewish Settlements (1841)
George GawlerZionismJewish SettlementPalestine19th CenturySouth AustraliaColonialism
PalestinePalestineAustraliaAustralia

🧑‍🌾 Founding of British Society for Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land

James Finn and his wife found the "British Society for the Promotion of Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land"
Founding of British Society for Jewish Agricultural Labour in the Holy Land (1850)
ZionismJewish settlementPalestineAgricultural settlement19th centuryBritish support
PalestinePalestineUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🏘️ George Gawler Founds Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine

George Gawler founds the Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine
George Gawler Founds Association for Promoting Jewish Settlement in Palestine (1852)
ZionismJewish settlementPalestine19th centuryGeorge GawlerSettlement movement
PalestinePalestine

🤝 James Finn Proposes Jewish Agricultural Settlement

James Finn, the second British Consul in Jerusalem, writes to Foreign Secretary the Earl of Clarendon regarding his proposal "to persuade Jews in a large body to settle here as agriculturalists on the soil ... in partnership with the Arab peasantry"
James Finn Proposes Jewish Agricultural Settlement (1857)
ZionismJewish settlementPalestineAgricultural settlement19th centuryBritish supportJames Finn
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🧑‍🌾 Mikveh Israel Agricultural School Established

Mikveh Israel, the first modern Jewish agricultural school and settlement was established in the Land of Israel by Charles Netter of the Alliance Israélite Universelle.
Mikveh Israel Agricultural School Established (1870)
Mikveh IsraelAgricultural SchoolJewish SettlementCharles NetterAlliance Israélite Universelle19th CenturyZionism
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🧑‍🌾 Hovevei Zion Sets Up Farming Communities

The group Hovevei Zion (Lovers of Zion) sets up 30 Jewish farming communities in the Land of Israel.
Hovevei Zion Sets Up Farming Communities (1870)
Hovevei ZionJewish SettlementsLand of IsraelFarming19th CenturyZionism
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