Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880 - 1940) - Author Collection

Ze'ev Jabotinsky MBE (Hebrew: זאב ז'בוטינסקי‎; Ukrainian: Володи́мир (Зеєв) Євге́нович Жаботи́нський), born Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky (Russian: Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Жаботи́нский) (18 October 1880 – 4 August 1940), was a Revisionist Zionist (nationalist) leader, author, orator, soldier, and founder of the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa. Along with Joseph Trumpeldor he was the founder of the Jewish Legion of the British army in World War I as well as number of Jewish organizations such as Irgun, Beitar, Hatzohar.