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Bialystok Chovevei Zion meeting
A 1897 Bialystok meeting adopted the constitution for a Zionist organization in Russia.
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... Rabbi Mohilewer’s guiding purpose was to estab-
lish a stable Zionist organization in Russia. To this end,
he arranged for a meeting in Bialystok in the spring of
1897, attended by about fifty people, many of whom
were well-known Chovevei Zion members. At this gath-
ering the constitution for the Zionist organization in
Russia was adopted, which was later to play a major
role in the overall movement. Various cities were
assigned different tasks in furthering Zionism: Bialystok
would be the spiritual center, Kiev the financial capital,
Kishinev the mailing headquarters and Warsaw the
literary and propaganda mecca. In May 1898, Rabbi
Szmuel Mohilewer died. ...Connected nodes