Nahum Sokolow
Nahum Sokolow | |
|---|---|
| President of the World Zionist Organization | |
| In office 1931–1935 | |
| Preceded by | Chaim Weizmann |
| Succeeded by | Chaim Weizmann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1859 Wyszogród, Płock Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 May 1936 (aged 77) London, United Kingdom |
| Resting place | Mount Herzl, Jerusalem |
Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow (Hebrew: נחום ט' סוקולוב Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov, Yiddish: סאָקאָלאָוו; 10 January 1859 – 17 May 1936) was a Jewish-Polish writer, translator, and journalist, the fifth President of the World Zionist Organization, editor of Ha-Tsfira, researcher, Zionist leader and statesman.