Samuel Pineles was born in shtetl of Brody in Galicia, the son of scholar and author Mendel Pineles. At age 17, their family settled in Galați, where Pineles was successful in business, contributing to the prosperity of the Galați port. He became one of the pillars of philanthropy in Romania's Jewish community.[2] He helped settle refugees who fled the pogroms in the Russian Empire and later helped Jewish refugees fleeing the Soviet authorities.
^Rabinowicz, Tzvi (2000). Hasidism in Israel : a history of Hasidic movement and its masters in the Holy Land. Northvale, NJ [u.a.]: Aronson. p. 142. ISBN9780765760685. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^Pinsker, Leon (2013). Theodor Herzl a New Reading. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House. p. 45. ISBN9789652296801. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^Sokolow, Nahum. History of Zionism, 1600-1918, Volume 1. p. 269. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
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samuel, pineles, hebrew, שמואל, פינלס, july, 1843, brody, galicia, austrian, empire, 1928, galați, romania, jewish, romanian, philanthropist, religious, zionist, activist, driving, force, behind, 1881, romanian, zionist, meeting, focșani, president, secretary,. Samuel Pineles Hebrew שמואל פינלס 23 July 1843 in Brody Galicia Austrian Empire 1928 in Galați Romania was a Jewish Romanian philanthropist and Religious Zionist activist He was the driving force behind the 1881 Romanian Zionist meeting in Focșani He was the president and secretary of the Central Committee to Settle the Land of Israel and Syria and was active in Hovevei Zion in Romania 1 Samuel PinelesBorn 1843 07 23 23 July 1843Brody Austrian EmpireDied1928Galați Kingdom of RomaniaNationalityRomanianOther namesשמואל פינלס Known forZionismSamuel Pineles was born in shtetl of Brody in Galicia the son of scholar and author Mendel Pineles At age 17 their family settled in Galați where Pineles was successful in business contributing to the prosperity of the Galați port He became one of the pillars of philanthropy in Romania s Jewish community 2 He helped settle refugees who fled the pogroms in the Russian Empire and later helped Jewish refugees fleeing the Soviet authorities Pineles helped organize the immigration of Jews to the towns of Rosh Pina and Zichron Yaakov 3 After the advent of Theodor Herzl s Political Zionism Pineles took up this idea with great enthusiasm At the First Zionist Congress Basel 1897 Pineles was elected as vice president along with Max Nordau 4 Until his death in 1928 Pineles participated in every World Zionist Congress as a member of the Executive Committee of the World Zionist Organization The city of Givat Shmuel in central Israel was named for Samuel Pineles Several streets in Israel are also named after him in Jerusalem Tel Aviv and Zichron Yaakov In 1965 Pineles remains were reburied on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem References edit YIVO Article on Pineles Rabinowicz Tzvi 2000 Hasidism in Israel a history of Hasidic movement and its masters in the Holy Land Northvale NJ u a Aronson p 142 ISBN 9780765760685 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Pinsker Leon 2013 Theodor Herzl a New Reading Jerusalem Gefen Publishing House p 45 ISBN 9789652296801 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Sokolow Nahum History of Zionism 1600 1918 Volume 1 p 269 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Pineles amp oldid 1208472228, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
