Background
He was born on August 1, 1898.
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Career
He died on December 20, 1953. Ziff and Bernard G. Davis founded the magazine publisher Ziff Davis Incorporated. in 1927.
Politics
Being of Jewish descent and motivated by the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s, Ziff became one of the most prominent American supporters of Revisionist Zionism. In 1935, he was persuaded by supporters of the Revisionist Zionist leader Ze"ev Jabotinsky to accept the presidency of the Zionist-Revisionists of America organization although he resigned after one year being uncomfortable with his role as a Jewish organizational leader. Ziff remained active in Zionist politics and caused controversy whan he authored in 1938 a stinging criticism of British policy in the Holy Land entitled The Rape of Palestine.
The British Foreign Office declared the book "violent and offensive" and monitored Ziff closely thereafter.
