The Ashkenazi Revolution

295Abba Hillel Silver(1893–1963) wasa U.S. Rabbi and Zionist leader. He was a key figure in the mobilization ofAmerican support for the founding of the State of Israel.Ahad ha’AmAsher Zvi HirschGinsberg (August 18, 1856 - January 2, 1927), primarily known byhis Hebrew name and pen name, Ahad Ha'am (lit. one of the people, Genesis26:10), was a Hebrew essayist, and one of the foremost prestateZionist thinkers. He is known as the founder of Cultural Zionism. With hissecular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Palestine he confrontedTheodor Herzl. Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for"a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews."Ahimeir, Stavsky and Rosenblatt The death of Arlozoroff greatlyaggravated political relations within the Zionist movement. Abba Ahimeir, thehead of an activist group with fascist tendencies, the Brit HaBirionim, wascharged by the Palestine Police Force with plotting the assassination. Ahimeirwas also a leader of the nationalist Zionist Revisionist faction whosepublication, "Hazit HaAm" continuously attacked the Labor Movement andZionist leaders, including Arlosoroff, calling him with names and stating thatthe Jewish people "will know how to react to such villains". Two rank-and-fileRevisionists, Abraham Stavsky and Ze'evi Rosenblatt, were arrested as theactual murderers and were identified by Arlosoroff's widow. All threevehemently denied the accusation.Ahmad Shukeiri Ahmad Shukeiri (January 1, 1908– February 26, 1980), also transcribed al-Shuqayri, Shuqeiri, Shukeiry,was the first Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, serving in 1964–67.All Israel are Friends SocietyKol Israel Haverim, known in Franceas Alliance Israélite Universelle, was founded in Paris in 1860 out of a will toprotect all Jews wherever they may be, contribute to their general andJewish cultural development and promote the training of the younggeneration in handicrafts and agriculture. (http://www.kiah.org.il/eng/)AltalenaThe Altalena Affair was a violentconfrontation that took place in June 1948 between the newly formed IsraelDefense Forces and the Irgun, a right-wing Jewish paramilitary group. Theconfrontation involved a cargo ship, Altalena, captained by Monroe Fein, whichcarried weapons and fighters for the Irgun.