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In 1913, delegates to the 11th Zionist Congress in Vienna, Austria were busy discussing settlement activities in Palestine and the work of the organization's office in Jaffa. Chaim Weizmann ? who had in 1912 successfully lobbied for the  foundation of the Technion ? Israel Institute of Technology ? now, together with Jewish National Fund head Menachem Ussishkin, won the support of Congress for the establishment of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

The delegates were also treated to a motion picture; an hour-long documentary, The Life of the Jews in Israel, produced by Odessa's HaMizrah Society and directed by businessman and loyal Zionist Noah Sokolovsky. Following the premiere, the film went on to be enjoy popularity throughout Europe and Russia.

(vidéo jerusalem 1913, vidéo en hébreu)

suite http://www.israel21c.org/nostalgia-israel/passover-in-jerusalem-1913/