Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
SHARETT (Shertok), YEHUDAH — (1901–1979), Israeli composer; brother of moshe sharett . Born in Kherson, Yehudah Sharett was brought to Ereẓ Israel at the age of five and shared in the family s adventurous settlement in the Arab village of ʿAyn Sīniya. After their move to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sharett (Shertok), Moshe — (1894 1965) Israeli statesman and Zionist leader, brother of Yehudah Sharett. He was born in Kherson, in the Ukraine, and settled in Palestine in 1906. Active in socialist circles, he became head of the Jewish Agency s political department in… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
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
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DAVAR — (Heb. דָּבָר), Hebrew daily newspaper of the histadrut ha ovedim . First published in Tel Aviv in 1925 under the editorship of B. Katzenelson , Davar was the first daily of the entire Israel Labor Movement (although other periodicals by various… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
