| AdminHistory | Jehiel (Yefim Vladimirovich) Tschlenow, born Kremenchug, Ukraine, 1863; settled in Moscow, 1876; graduated as a physician, 1888; the pogroms of 1881 turned Tschlenow from a sympathizer with the revolutionary populists into a Jewish nationalist; became active in the Moscow Hibbat Zion group, Benei Zion, 1883; joined the Zionist Organization; became head of the Zionist Movement in the Moscow district, 1908; board member of the Jewish Colonial Trust; elected to the Zionist Executive, elected Vice President, 1911; moved to Berlin and directed Zionist activities from there; returned to Russia, 1915; left for London, 1917, where he participated in the negotiations that led to the Balfour Declaration; died London, 1918. Publications include: 'The Second Zionist Congress, Zion and Africa' (in J. Tschlenow, Pirke Hayav &, 1937); 'Five Years of Work in Palestine' (1913); 'The World and Our Prospects' (1917). |