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Nathan Birnbaum (16 May 1864 – 2 April 1937) was Austrian journalist, Jewish philosopher, the founder of a Jewish nationalist organisation "Kadimah" ten years before Theodor Herzl became the leading spokesman of the Zionist movement. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Jewish philosophy refers to the conjunction between serious study of philosophy and Jewish theology Jewish political movements refer to the organized efforts of Jews to build their own political parties or otherwise represent their interest in politics outside of Theodor Herzl (בנימין זאב הרצל ( Binyamin Ze'ev Herzl) (May 2 1860&ndashJuly 3 1904 was an Austrian Jewish journalist who founded modern History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the Birnbaum is credited for coining the term "Zionism". Sometimes he used the pseudonyms 'Mathias Ascher' or "Mathias Acher". A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias)

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Biography

Early life

Nathan Birnbaum was born into a Eastern European Jewish family in Vienna. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. After receiving a traditional religious education, he studied law, philosophy and Orientalism at the University of Vienna from 1882 to 1885. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures languages peoples history and archaeology in recent The University of Vienna (Universität Wien is a Public university located in Vienna, Austria. During his study, in 1883, Birnbaum, nineteen years old, founded Kadimah, the first Jewish student association in Vienna. A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, or guild of students is a Student Organization Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. In 1884, the first issue of Selbstemanzipation (Self-Emancipation) pamphlet appeared, made completely by Birnbaum himself. Jewish question Jewish emancipation was the abolition of discriminatory laws as applied especially to Jews in Europe in the nineteenth century the recognition of Jews

In 1890 Birnbaum coined the terms "Zionist" and "Zionism". He married Rosa Korngut (1869–1934) and they had three sons: Solomon Birnbaum (1891–1989), Menachem Birnbaum (1893–1944), and Uriel Birnbaum (1894–1956). Solomon Birnbaum, also Salomon, Solomon A Birnbaum or Solomon Ascher, ( December 24, 1891, Vienna Menachem Birnbaum (also Menachem Ascher Acher etc (born 1893 in Vienna, died probably 1944 was an Austrian book Illustrator and Portrait Uriel Birnbaum ( November 13 1894 in Vienna − December 9 1956 in Amersfoort, Netherlands) was an Austrian painter

First Zionist Congress

Birnbaum played a prominent part in the First Zionist Congress (1897) where he was elected Secretary General of the Zionist Organization

Later life

Until his death, Birnbaum continued as a journalist, but turned away from Zionism. First Zionist Congress ( Hebrew: הקונגרס הציוני הראשון is the name given to the Congress held in Basel (Basle, Switzerland Birnbaum, in his youth, had been associated with and was one of the most important representatives of the cultural variant of Zionism, which promoted the settlement of Palestine without specific promotion of a Jewish state, and only through Chaim Weizmann was he drawn into political Zionism. The terms " Jewish state " and " homeland of the Jewish people " are used to describe the State of Israel and refer to its status as a Nation-state Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( Hebrew: חיים עזריאל ויצמן – November 27, 1874 &ndash November 9, 1952) was a Zionist Birnbaum continued, however, to advocate specifically for Eastern European Judaism, Hassidic culture and the Yiddish language. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High

He was chief convenor for the First Conference for the Yiddish Language in Czernowitz on August 30–September 3, 1908. Chernivtsi (Чернівці See #Name section) is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast ( province) in western Ukraine Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Later Birnbaum, who had at various points adopted almost every possible religious stance including atheism, subscribed to Orthodox Judaism

In 1933, at the time of the Nazi rise to power, Birnbaum with his family emigrated to the Netherlands. Atheism Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands He died in Scheveningen in 1937 after a period of severe illness. Scheveningen (ˈsxeːfənɪŋə is one of the eight Districts of The Hague, as well as one of its subdistricts ( wijken)

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References

This article draws heavily on the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia (Retrieved 05:22, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)). That, in turn, gives the following references:

An essay on Nathan Birnbaum's activities within Orthodox Judaism may be found at:

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