Nahum Sokolow

Nahum Sokolow (1859–1936) was a Hebrew writer, journalist and Zionist leader. Born in Wyszogród in Russian Poland, he became editor of the Warsaw Hebrew daily Ha-Tsefirah and one of the most productive writers of modern Hebrew. He translated Theodor Herzl's novel Altneuland into Hebrew under the title Tel Aviv, a name later given to the city. As a leader of the World Zionist Organization he took part in the negotiations in London and Paris that led to the Balfour Declaration of 1917, and he later served as president of the organization. His History of Zionism appeared in 1919.