in Frankfurt (Oder) in 1860 by Chaim Lorje. Although Alkalai and others, such as Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer, put much energy into promoting its goals, the association couldn't reach any tangible results and soon dispersed. See also Yehuda Bibas Arthur Hertzberg Proto-Zionism References Further reading 1798 births 1878 deaths Sephardi Jews from the Ottoman Empire Sephardi rabbis in Ottoman Palestine 19th-century rabbis from the Ottoman Empire Burials at the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives Jewish Austrian writers Sephardi rabbis Forerunners of Zionism Austro-Hungarian Sephardi Jews Jews in Ottoman Palestine Rabbis in Ottoman Syria Rabbis from Sarajevo Judaeo-Spanish-language writers Hebrew-language writers Jewish Bosnian history Jewish Serbian history Bosnia and Herzegovina Sephardi Jews