Avraham Adolf Stand (1870–1919) was a

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ish politician and leading

Zionist Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

activist in

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Biography

Adolf Stand was born in Lemberg (today Lviv, Ukraine). He became a Zionist in the 1880s, taking an active role in organizing Zionist societies. He was the editor of the fortnightly Polish-language paper Przyszłość ("Future") and later Rocznik Żydowski ("Jewish Yearbook"). He was a fervent follower of

Theodor Herzl Theodor Herzl; hu, Herzl Tivadar; Hebrew name given at his brit milah: Binyamin Ze'ev (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904) was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish lawyer, journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern po ...

and traveled throughout Galicia to speak about Zionism.

Public activism

Stand was president of the

organization in Galicia and stood as a candidate in a parliamentary by-election in 1906. Stand obtained 454 votes, but was defeated by Joseph Gold (who won with 850 votes). The election was marred with irregularities. In the 1907 elections to the

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, the first to be held with

universal suffrage Universal suffrage (also called universal franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or political stan ...

, Stand won the

Brody Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...

seat as a candidate of the

Jewish National Party The Jewish National Party (german: Jüdischnationale Partei) was an Austrian political party of the Jewish minority. History A Jewish National Party () was already founded in 1892 at Lemberg (''Lviv''), then the capital of the Austrian Kingdo ...

. In total Stand obtained 2,585 votes in a run-off against Wollerner. He had obtained the support of the

Jewish Social Democratic Party The Jewish Social Democratic Party in Galicia ( yi, יידישער סאציאל-דעמאקראטישער פארטיי אין גאליציען, ''yidisher sotsial-demokratisher partey in galizien'', pl, Żydowska Partia Socjal-Demokratyczna, abbre ...

, who argued that Stand, despite being a reactionary, represented the lesser evil of the two run-off candidates.

Tribute

A street in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

is named after Stand.

Gideon Levy Gideon Levy ( he, גדעון לוי; born 2 June 1953) is an Israeli journalist and author. Levy writes opinion pieces and a weekly column for the newspaper '' Haaretz'' that often focus on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories ...

עוד מעט ייהרס בית ילדותי ברחוב שטנד 9

Soon My Childhood Home Will Be Razed
Haaretz, 8 July 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stand, Adolf 1870 births 1919 deaths Politicians from Lviv Austro-Hungarian Jews Jewish Ukrainian politicians People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) Austrian Zionists Jewish National Party politicians Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1907–1911) Burials at Trumpeldor Cemetery