{"id":15416,"date":"2017-02-06T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T10:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zionism.co.il\/?page_id=15416\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T22:12:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T20:12:01","slug":"the_biluim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.zionism.co.il\/en\/quiz-topics\/the-first-aliyah\/the_biluim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bilu’im"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Bilu’im
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The Bilu’im were a special group of people from the First Aliyah. Jewish students in Kharkov founded the organization in 1882. Their aim was to establish in the Land of Israel a Jewish society based on justice and social equality in which the culture and the language were Hebrew. The members of Bil’u were flag-bearers of Zionism in their devotion, perseverance, enthusiasm and in their social vision. <\/p>\n\"\"<\/span>\n

\nIn June, 1882, Israel Belkind led a group of 14 Bilu’im who made “aliyah”, marking the start of the First Aliyah. At first, they worked in agriculture at the Mikve Israel school. They lived in a rented house in the middle of a grove in Jaffa. Later, they moved to Rishon LeZion and then to Gedera, the first Bil’u settlement, which they built with their own hands.\n<\/p>\n

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The first agricultural school in the Land of Israel, east of Jaffa, south of the Jaffa \u2013 Jerusalem road, was established by Karl Netter on February 15, 1870. The school was founded as part of the French \u00a0“Alliance Isra\u00e9lite Universelle”. The Turkish government gave Netter a license to establish an agricultural school and leased him 2,600 dunams of state land for 99 years. The payment demanded was minimal because of “the understanding of the importance this institution in the life of the Jews.” The Jewish Yishuv welcomed the agricultural school.<\/p>\n