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Yehuda Ha-Etzioni (1868-1938), Zionist, physician, born in Jerusalem, Israel (then part of the Ottoman Empire). After his father's death his mother remarried and took him to Vienna, Austria, where he studied medicine. He helped to promote an exhibition of Eretz Israel products in Berlin and wrote an article supporting Zionism and the revival of Hebrew. Herzl called him "old friend" and sent him the galleys of his book Judenstaat ("The Jewish State") to read. At this point, Ha-Etzioni gave up his Zionist activities and moved to Marrakesh in Morocco where he served as physician to the sultan. After World War I he settled in Lithuania and taught in Jewish high schools in Vilkaviskis and Ukmerge.