Today’s Jewish Birthday: Ze’ev Jabotinsky

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Ze’ev Jabotinsky, 1926 (Photo: Wikipedia)

Ze’ev Jabotinsky (October 17, 1880  – August 3, 1940) was a Russian-born author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa.

With Joseph Trumpeldor, he co-founded the Jewish Legion of the British Army in World War I. 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.

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