BOROCHOV, BER

(1881-1917)

   Born in Zolotonosha, Ukraine, Russia, he was a principal Zionist theoretician and godfather of the intellectual nexus between socialism and Zionism. He received a secular education and after his studies joined the Social Democrat Organization while participating in local Zionist study circles. Disenchanted by state-sponsored pogroms and anti-Jewish sentiment among the Social Democrats, he concentrated solely on Zionist activity. His revolutionary ambition to meld Zionism with socialist values gave birth to various Zionist workers' movements and parties. Borochov died in Kiev of pneumonia.