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Isaac Leib Goldberg (February 7, 1860 – September 14, 1935) was a Zionist leader and philanthropist in both Israel and Russia .1 An early member of the Hovevei Zion movement (1882) he also founded the Ohavei Zion society. Goldberg was a delegate to the First Zionist Congress and the founder of two Hebrew newspapers, Ha'aretz (Israel's oldest daily newspaper) and Ha'am. Yitzchak ) was born on February 7, 1860, in Šakiai , Lithuania to Alexander Sander HaLevi Goldberg and Liba Segal, his brother was Boris Goldberg . In his early years, Goldberg studied at Kovno Yeshiva and settled in Vilnius , Lithuania . In 1903 the first plot of land for the Jewish National Fund was given as a gift by Goldberg for growing olives in Israel. In 1908 he purchased the first plot of land on Mount Scopus , Jerusalem for the future Hebrew University . Isaac Leib Goldberg also helped create the Geulah Company for private land acquisition and sale in Israel, and the Carmel Company for sale of Jewish wine. Upon his death on September 14, 1935 in Switzerland , Goldberg bequeathed one half of his estate to the Jewish National Fund for the promotion of Hebrew language and culture. This donation, known as the Isaac Leib and Rachel Goldberg Fund, amounted to roughly $30 million by today's standards. Goldberg was buried in Trumpeldor , Tel Aviv , Israel.2 Yivo Institute for Jewish Research . Journeyman in Jerusalem: Memories and Letters, 1933-1947 .3
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Isaac Leib Goldberg Isaac Leib Goldberg (February 7, 1860 – September 14, 1935) was a Zionist leader and philanthropist in both Ottoman Palestine and the Russian Empire . An early member of the Hovevei Zion movement (1882) he also founded the Ohavei Zion society. Goldberg was a delegate to the First Zionist Congress and the founder of two Hebrew newspapers, Ha'aretz (today Israel's oldest daily newspaper) and Ha'am. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research .
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Jewish philanthropist (1860–1935) Isaac Leib Goldberg ( , 7 February 1860 – 14 September 1935) was a Zionist leader and philanthropist in both Ottoman Palestine and the Russian Empire , and one of the principal founders of Rishon LeZion , the first Zionist settlement founded in the Land of Israel by the New Yishuv . An early member of the Hovevei Zion movement (1882), he also founded the Ohavei Zion society. Goldberg was a delegate to the First Zionist Congress and the founder of two Hebrew newspapers, Ha'aretz (today Israel's oldest daily newspaper) and Ha'am. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research .
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Jewish philanthropist (1860–1935) Isaac Leib Goldberg ( Hebrew : יצחק לייב גולדברג , 7 February 1860 – 14 September 1935) was a Zionist leader and philanthropist in both Ottoman Palestine and the Russian Empire , and one of the principal founders of Rishon LeZion , the first Zionist settlement founded in the Land of Israel by the New Yishuv . An early member of the Hovevei Zion movement (1882), he also founded the Ohavei Zion society. Goldberg was a delegate to the First Zionist Congress and the founder of two Hebrew newspapers, Ha'aretz (today Israel's oldest daily newspaper) and Ha'am. Yivo Institute for Jewish Research .
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zionist leader and philanthropist in both israel and russia
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zionist leader and philanthropist in both ottoman palestine and the russian empire
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