2025-06-15 14:10 <br/> Tags: #organization #EarlyZionism #WorldJewry #Yishuv # Jewish Territorial Organization (ITO) - The ITO was a short lived (1903-1925) Jewish political project within the broader network of the [[World Zionist Organization]]. - The focus of the ITO was finding a territory to settle the Jewish diaspora and establish a state. - The organization looked at sites in Texas, Alaska, East Africa, Argentina, Asia, Australia etc. - The ITO was led by [[Israel Zangwill]], a British Jew and close ally of [[Theodor Herzl]]. - The ITO worked with American Jewish financier [[Jacob Schiff]] to funnel Jewish immigrants through Galveston, Texas instead of New York. - From 1907-1914 around 10,000 Jewish immigrants were rerouted through Galveston. #### References - **“Jewish Territorial Organization,”** _Wikipedia_, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Territorial_Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Territorial_Organization). - Jewish Immigrant Information Bureau (Galveston, Tex.). Records of the Jewish Immigrant Information Bureau (Galveston, Tex.): Galveston Immigration Plan. Collection No. 1570. Center for Jewish History Archives. Accessed August 16, 2025. https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/3/resources/1570.