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Establishment of Petach Tikvah
Bialystok pioneers helped establish Petach Tikvah in Israel in 1882.
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... cradle of the Chovevei Zion (Lovers of Zion) movement.
This focus on Israel as the Jewish homeland was shar-
pened when, in 1882, several prominent Bialystoker
pioneers helped establish Petach Tikvah in Israel. They
founded businesses, built houses, and organized cul-
tural and social institutions in the Holy Land. ...Connected nodes