Saul Raphael Landau
Saul Raphael 'Landau' was a Polish Jewish lawyer, journalist, publicist and Zionist activist.
Life
Landau was born in 1870 in Kraków.Between 1893 and 1895 he lectured in Polish language and literature at the newly opened in Vienna. In February 1896, he became acquainted with Theodor Herzl and became an enthusiastic colleague of his and for a short time one of his closest confidants. He took over the editing of the Zionist weekly Die Welt, which appeared for the first time on 4 June 1897. At the same time, he became a correspondent for the London weekly Jewish Chronicle. After tensions developed between Landau and Herzl, he had to hand over the editorial management of Die Welt to in October 1897. In May 1898, Landau founded an independent socialist Zionist organization called "Achwah" and as its organ, the monthly Der jüdische Arbeiter. In 1907, he began to publish the Neue National-Zeitung until 1916, when he was drafted into military service. From 1900 and after, he worked mainly as a lawyer. In 1938, he emigrated to London and in 1941 to the United States.
He died on 16 July 1943, in New York City.