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General, Archaeologist Yigael Yadin Is Born

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March 20, 1917 Yigael Yadin, a general known for his archaeological work, is born in Jerusalem. His father is an archaeologist, and his mother is a women’s rights activist. Yadin joins the Haganah when he…

Today in Israeli History|March 20, 1917
Poet Zelda Is Born

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Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky (known simply as “Zelda”), one of the most widely acclaimed and beloved Israeli poets, is born in Russia.

Today in Israeli History|June 20, 1914
Arthur Ruppin Purchases Land for Hebrew University

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Arthur Ruppin, head of the Palestine Office of the World Zionist Organization, purchases the estate of Sir John Gray Hill on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem for the purpose of building a university.

Today in Israeli History|March 9, 1914
Kupat Holim Clalit Is Established

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At the urging of Berl Katznelson, a proposal is passed among Zionist leadership creating the Kupat Holim Clalit (General Sick Fund), a still present healthcare organization in Israel.

Today in Israeli History|December 18, 1911
Poet Leah Goldberg Is Born

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May 29, 1911 Poet Leah Goldberg is born in Königsberg, Prussia, now Kaliningrad, Russia. Raised mostly in Kovno, Lithuania, Goldberg begins writing poetry in Hebrew and Russian around age 12. She studies at the Universities…

Today in Israeli History|May 29, 1911
Writer Natan Alterman Is Born

Writer Natan Alterman Is Born

August 14, 1910 Natan Alterman, a poet, journalist, translator, author and playwright, is born in Warsaw. He moves to Tel Aviv with his family in 1925. He studies agriculture in France and briefly works at…

Today in Israeli History|August 14, 1910
Children’s Author Miriam Roth Born

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February 16, 1910 Miriam Roth, whose Hebrew writing elevates children’s literature in Israel, is born in the Slovakian region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She attends various Jewish schools, including one run by her father, and…

Today in Israeli History|February 16, 1910
Tel Aviv Is Founded

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Sixty-six families gathered on the sand dunes outside of Jaffa and selected lots for property in a new neighborhood called Ahuzat Bayit (“Homestead”) that became the first modern Jewish city, Tel Aviv.

Today in Israeli History|April 11, 1909
Actor Meir Margalit Is Born

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May 3, 1906 Stage actor Meir Margalit, a winner of the Israel Prize in 1964, is born in Ostroleka, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. Margalit begins acting in local plays at age 13….

Today in Israeli History|May 3, 1906
Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts Opens

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The first 40 students, all women, enroll in the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem.

Today in Israeli History|March 1, 1906
Israel Museum Founder Eliyahu Dobkin Is Born

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December 31, 1898 Eliyahu Dobkin, a signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the founder of the Israel Museum, is born in Bobruysk, Belarus. Dobkin is raised in a religious Zionist family. His father,…

Today in Israeli History|December 31, 1898
Painter Nachum Gutman Born

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Painter Nachum Gutman is born in a part of Russia that is now Moldova.

Today in Israeli History|October 5, 1898
Gershom Scholem Is Born

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Gershom Scholem, the pre-eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism, is born in Berlin. He immigrates to the Land of Israel in 1923.

Today in Israeli History|December 5, 1897
Dada Artist Marcel Janco Is Born

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May 24, 1895 Marcel Janco, a founder of the Dada movement and a major influence on modern Israeli art, is born into a wealthy family outside the Jewish quarter of Bucharest, Romania. Trained at the…

Today in Israeli History|May 24, 1895
Artist Reuven Rubin Is Born

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Reuven Rubin (born Rubin Zelicovici), one of Israel’s most acclaimed painters, is born in Galatz, Romania. Rubin’s family was both very poor and religious.

Today in Israeli History|November 13, 1893
Writer Ben-Gavriel Is Born

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September 15, 1891 Austrian-Israeli writer Moshe Yaacov Ben-Gavriel is born Eugen Hoeflich in Vienna, Austria. He begins writing at a young age in German, particularly in the expressionist style. He serves as an officer in…

Today in Israeli History|September 15, 1891
Artist Yosef Zaritsky Is Born

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September 1, 1891 Yosef Zaritsky, one of Israel’s most renowned painters, is born near Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Zaritsky studies at the Academy of Art in Kyiv and lives in Moscow before making aliyah…

Today in Israeli History|September 1, 1891
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Is Born

Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Is Born

August 22, 1891 Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, whose final work, “The Tree of Life,” stands outside Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, is born Chaim Jacob Lipchitz in Lithuania. Though his father wants him to…

Today in Israeli History|August 22, 1891
Pregnancy Test Developer Zondek Is Born

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July 29, 1891 Bernhard Zondek, the obstetrician-gynecologist who creates one of the first reliable pregnancy tests, is born in Wronke, Germany, now in Poland. Zondek moves to Berlin for his medical studies and earns his…

Today in Israeli History|July 29, 1891
Writer Yitzhaq Shami Is Born

Writer Yitzhaq Shami Is Born

August 4, 1888 Yitzhaq Shami, one of the earliest writers of modern Hebrew literature, is born as Yitzhaq Sarwi to an Arabic-speaking father and a Ladino-speaking mother in Hebron. He takes the name Shami, first…

Today in Israeli History|August 4, 1888
Filmmaker Ya’acov Ben-Dov Born

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June 21, 1882 Israeli filmmaker and photographer Ya’acov Ben-Dov is born in Yekatermoslav, Ukraine. He joins the movement for the revival of the Hebrew language in his teens, and he studies photography at the Kiev…

Today in Israeli History|June 21, 1882
Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz Is Born

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November 7, 1878 Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, who becomes one of the 20th century’s leading Talmud scholars, is born in Kosava, Russia, now part of Belarus, to the head of the local rabbinical court, Rabbi…

Today in Israeli History|November 7, 1878
Philosopher Martin Buber Is Born

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Renowned philosopher Martin Buber is born in Vienna. Buber emigrates to Jerusalem in 1938.

Today in Israeli History|February 8, 1878
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