NAMIR (Nemirovsky), MORDECHAI — (1897–1975), Israeli labor leader and politician, mayor of Tel Aviv Jaffa, member of the Second to Sixth Knessets. Born in Bratolinbovka in the Ukraine, Namir studied in a traditional ḥeder, a reformed ḥeder, and a secular high school. After the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POLITICAL LIFE AND PARTIES — Introduction It was largely due to the existence of the pre state political parties, which had conducted intensive political activities for almost half a century within the framework of the yishuv , under the British Mandate for Palestine, that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TEL AVIV-JAFFA — (Heb. תֵּל־אָבִיב יָפוֹ), second biggest city in Israel, in the central part of the Coastal Plain, created in 1949 by the merger of Tel Aviv and jaffa . Tel Aviv itself, the first all Jewish city (הָעִיר הָעִבְרִית הָרִאשׁוֹנָה) in modern times,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LABOR — Jewish Labor Organizations IN THE PRE STATE PERIOD Since the last decades of the 19th century, a number of sporadic labor associations have arisen in agriculture and in the printing, clothing, and building trades, as well as groups limited to a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LAVON AFFAIR, THE — The Lavon Affair began with a security mishap, which was at first referred to as the esek bish ( the bad business ). At the beginning of July 1954, an Israel initiated intelligence operation in egypt , involving a plan to plant bombs in several… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RABINOWITZ, YEHOSHUA — (1911–1979), Israeli politician. Rabinowitz was born in Vishnevets, Poland, where his father was a well to do merchant. He studied at the Tarbut school and graduated from the Teachers Seminary in Vilna. He was appointed director of a Hebrew… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
