Abraham Mapu

His novels, with their lively plots encompassing heroism, adventure and romantic love in Biblical settings, contributed to the rise of the Zionist movement.

He worked as a teacher in various towns and cities, joined the Haskalah movement, and studied German, French and Russian.

[editorializing] The romantic-nationalistic ideas in his novels later inspired David Ben-Gurion[citation needed] and others active in the leadership of the modern Zionist movement that led to the establishment of the state of Israel.

The American Hebrew poet, Gabriel Preil, references Mapu in one of his works and focuses on the two writers' native Lithuania.

Streets bearing his name are found in the Kaunas Old Town and in the Israeli cities of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and Kiriat Ata.