Also known as Vitaly Viktor Haim Arlosoroff. Notable Zionist and a proponent of the State of Israel and the return of Jews to the Land of Israel. He was a Zionist leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine, prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, and head of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency. In 1933, Arlosoroff was assassinated while walking on the beach in Tel Aviv. In 1905, the family home in Romny was attacked during a violent pogrom. The family fled across the German border to East Prussia. Seven years later the family settled in Königsberg, Germany. He became fluent in German, in addition to studying Hebrew with a tutor. When World War I erupted in 1914, the family did not have German citizenship and were threatened with deportation. The family eventually obtained permission to move to Berlin. He studied economics at the University of Berlin and obtained a doctorate in that subject. In 1919, he published the treatise "Jewish People's Socialism", his first major written contribution relating to a nationalistic hope for the Jewish people in Eretz Israel. In his treatise, his distanced himself from traditional Marxist beliefs by advocating a new brand of socialism that embraced a national consciousness. He first visited the Holy Land in 1921. An anti-Jewish riot by Arabs broke out during his visit. This event helped draw Arlosoroff's focus to the need for better relations between Jews and Arabs.
Also known as Vitaly Viktor Haim Arlosoroff. Notable Zionist and a proponent of the State of Israel and the return of Jews to the Land of Israel. He was a Zionist leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine, prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, and head of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency. In 1933, Arlosoroff was assassinated while walking on the beach in Tel Aviv. In 1905, the family home in Romny was attacked during a violent pogrom. The family fled across the German border to East Prussia. Seven years later the family settled in Königsberg, Germany. He became fluent in German, in addition to studying Hebrew with a tutor. When World War I erupted in 1914, the family did not have German citizenship and were threatened with deportation. The family eventually obtained permission to move to Berlin. He studied economics at the University of Berlin and obtained a doctorate in that subject. In 1919, he published the treatise "Jewish People's Socialism", his first major written contribution relating to a nationalistic hope for the Jewish people in Eretz Israel. In his treatise, his distanced himself from traditional Marxist beliefs by advocating a new brand of socialism that embraced a national consciousness. He first visited the Holy Land in 1921. An anti-Jewish riot by Arabs broke out during his visit. This event helped draw Arlosoroff's focus to the need for better relations between Jews and Arabs.
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