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===Settlement in Palestine===

===Settlement in Palestine===

A second, much larger wave of settlement began after the revolutionary upheavals in Russia in 1905.  Most settlers supported [[socialist]] versions of Zionism, both Marxist and non-Marxist. They pioneered a new type of settlement, the '''kibbutz''' (or "kvutzah"), a cooperative in which land was owned and worked communally by the Jewish settlers. These idealistic immigrants had an influence on the development of Zionism and the state of Israel far out of proportion to their numbers. The immigrants were aided by the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth), established by the Zionist Organization to buy land in Palestine as the inalienable property of the Jewish people. By 1914, 12,000 Jews were cultivating 100,000 acres in 43 agricultural settlements. The total Jewish population was 100,000. Zionists idealized the muscular young Jews tilling the soil of the Holy Land; the heroic self image of the brave pioneer stood in stark contrast to Gentile stereotypes of the feminized Jewish weakling or the avaricious Jew-as-money changer.

A second, much larger wave of settlement began after the revolutionary upheavals in Russia in 1905.  Most settlers supported [[socialist]] versions of Zionism, both Marxist and non-Marxist. They pioneered a new type of settlement, the '''kibbutz''' (or "kvutzah"), a cooperative in which land was owned and worked communally by the Jewish settlers. These idealistic immigrants had an influence on the development of Zionism and the state of Israel far out of proportion to their numbers. The immigrants were aided by the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth), established by the Zionist Organization to buy land in Palestine as the inalienable property of the Jewish people. By 1914, 12,000 Jews were cultivating 100,000 acres in 43 agricultural settlements. The total Jewish population was 100,000. Zionists idealized the muscular young Jews tilling the soil of the Holy Land; the heroic self-image of the brave pioneer stood in stark contrast to Gentile stereotypes of the feminized Jewish weakling or the avaricious Jew-as-money changer.

During World War I, the British government sought Jewish support. In 1917 Weizmann secured from the British government the [[Balfour Declaration]], which promised support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people," though nothing was to be done that might "prejudice the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities." It did not promise an independent state—in Palestine. The League of Nations created a British mandate, with full control over Palestine in 1922.   

During World War I, the British government sought Jewish support. In 1917 Weizmann secured from the British government the [[Balfour Declaration]], which promised support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people," though nothing was to be done that might "prejudice the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities." It did not promise an independent state—in Palestine. The League of Nations created a British mandate, with full control over Palestine in 1922.   

* [[Jewish communities in America|American Jews]]

* [[Jewish communities in America|American Jews]]

* [[Louis Brandeis]], Zionist leader in U.S.

* [[Louis Brandeis]], Zionist leader in U.S.

*[[Menachem Begin]]

*[[Menachem Begin]]