Saul Raphael Landau
שאול רפאל לנדאו
Born	1870 (1870) Kraków, Poland
Died	(1943-07-16)16 July 1943 (age 79–80) New York City, US
Occupation(s)	lawyer, journalist, publicist, zionist activist
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Saul Raphael (also spelled Rafael) Landau ( Hebrew: שאול רפאל לנדאו; 1870–1943) ^{[1] [2]} was a Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist.

Life

Landau was born in 1870 in Kraków. ^[3]

Between 1893 and 1895 he lectured in Polish language and literature at the newly opened Israelitisch-Theologische Lehranstalt [ he] (Israelite Theological School) in Vienna. In February 1896, he became acquainted with Theodor Herzl and became an enthusiastic colleague of his and for a short time one of his closest confidants. He took over the editing of the Zionist weekly Die Welt, which appeared for the first time on 4 June 1897. At the same time, he became a correspondent for the London weekly Jewish Chronicle. After tensions developed between Landau and Herzl, he had to hand over the editorial management of Die Welt to Siegmund Werner [ de] in October 1897. In May 1898, Landau founded an independent socialist Zionist organization called "Achwah" (Hebrew: אחווה, lit. 'the Brotherhood') and as its organ, the monthly Der jüdische Arbeiter (August 1898 to June 1899). In 1907, he began to publish the Neue National-Zeitung (as a continuation of the Jüdisch Volksblatt) until 1916, when he was drafted into military service. From 1900 and after, he worked mainly as a lawyer. In 1938, he emigrated to London and in 1941 to the United States. ^[3]

He died on 16 July 1943, in New York City. ^[3]

Works

• Sionizm, 1897. (in Polish)
• Der Polenklub und seine Hausjuden: Grundlinien der jüdischen Volkspolitik in Österreich, 1907. (in German)
• Sturm und Drang im Zionismus: Rückblicke eines Zionisten vor, mit und um Theodor Herzl, Wien: 1937 (in German) – memoir, includes correspondence with Herzl

References

External links

Media related to Saul Raphael Landau at Wikimedia Commons

• "Saul Rafael Landau" (in German). Vienna History Wiki.

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