Josué Jéhouda (born Koldriansky; March 19,éJé 1892 – March 19, 1966) was a Swiss Zionist writer and journalist.

Born in Russia, he fought in the Jewish Legion during World War I, and worked in the Zionist committee in Zürich up until the Balfour Declaration of 1917, founding the Revue juive magazine in Geneva.

Josué Jéhouda

He was author of the Histoire de la colonie juive de Genève 1843–1943 (1944), of the novel cycle La tragédie d'Israël (Miriam and De père en fils; 1927–1928), and of La Terre Promise (1926).

Josué Jéhouda

In the early 1910s, he boosted Panait Istrati's career by teaching him French and helping him during his illness.

Josué Jéhouda

In 1947, he was a delegate to the Seelisberg Conference.

He died on 19 March 1966 (the day of his 74th birthday) in Geneva.

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Swiss male novelists

Swiss Jews

Swiss Zionists

Swiss people of World War I

1892 births

1966 deaths

20th-century Swiss novelists

20th-century male writers

Russian emigrants to Switzerland

Place of birth missing

20th-century Swiss journalists