Rachel Yanait was born Golda Lishansky in the town of Malyn, Radomyslsky Uyezd of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). As a teenager in Kiev she joined the newly formed underground Marxist/Zionist party, Poale Zion. She supported herself while studying by teaching Hebrew. In 1904 she was amongst a group of 16 young people arrested after a clandestine meeting. She was held for several months in Lukyanivska Prison for being a Jew in Kiev without a permit.[2]
The following year, while studying agriculture in France, she was chosen as the Poale Zion delegate from Malyn to the Seventh Zionist Congress in Basel. After the Congress she accompanied Ber Borochov on a visit to the leader of the German Zionist Organisation in Berlin, Dr Arthur Hantke. They persuaded him to fund the purchase of some guns which they smuggled back to Kiev.[3]
In 1908, she emigrated to Palestine, which was then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. She was one of the founding members of Poale Zion in Palestine. In Jerusalem she gave classes on Josephus at the Hebrew Gymnasium high school.[4] The following year she and Yitzhak Ben Zvi took part in the first meeting of Hashomer, the Jewish underground militia.[5] In 1911 she studied agriculture at the University of Grenoble. On graduating she returned to Palestine. During the First World War she was the only leader of Poale Zion who remained in Palestine.[6] After the war she changed her name to Yanait, after the Hashmonean king Alexander Yannai.[7] In 1918, she married Ben-Zvi, leader Poale Zion and co-founder of Hashomer. They had two sons together.
After World War I, she founded "The Educational Farm" in Jerusalem; a farm that provided agricultural education for women. She was among the founders of "The Hebrew Gymnasium" in Jerusalem and remained a labor activist. She was also active in the Haganah paramilitary organization and organized the clandestine aliyah of immigrants through Syria and Lebanon.
In 1952, her husband was appointed as the president of Israel. As the first lady of Israel, she opened the president's house to people from all the strata of Israeli society. During that time, she wrote about education and defense and wrote an autobiography called We are Olim (אנו עולים / anu olim), which was published in 1961.
In 1978, Ben-Zvi was awarded the Israel Prize for her special contribution to society and the State of Israel.[8] She died on 16 November 1979.
^"Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1978 (in Hebrew)".
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rachel, yanait, hebrew, רחל, ינאית, בן, צבי, 1886, november, 1979, israeli, author, educator, leading, labor, zionist, wife, second, president, israel, yitzhak, with, husband, centre, visit, rehovot, contents, biography, also, references, external, linksbiogra. Rachel Yanait Ben Zvi Hebrew רחל ינאית בן צבי May 1886 1 16 November 1979 was an Israeli author and educator and a leading Labor Zionist Ben Zvi was the wife of the second President of Israel Yitzhak Ben Zvi Ben Zvi with her husband centre on a visit to Rehovot Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBiography editRachel Yanait was born Golda Lishansky in the town of Malyn Radomyslsky Uyezd of the Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire now Ukraine As a teenager in Kiev she joined the newly formed underground Marxist Zionist party Poale Zion She supported herself while studying by teaching Hebrew In 1904 she was amongst a group of 16 young people arrested after a clandestine meeting She was held for several months in Lukyanivska Prison for being a Jew in Kiev without a permit 2 The following year while studying agriculture in France she was chosen as the Poale Zion delegate from Malyn to the Seventh Zionist Congress in Basel After the Congress she accompanied Ber Borochov on a visit to the leader of the German Zionist Organisation in Berlin Dr Arthur Hantke They persuaded him to fund the purchase of some guns which they smuggled back to Kiev 3 In 1908 she emigrated to Palestine which was then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire She was one of the founding members of Poale Zion in Palestine In Jerusalem she gave classes on Josephus at the Hebrew Gymnasium high school 4 The following year she and Yitzhak Ben Zvi took part in the first meeting of Hashomer the Jewish underground militia 5 In 1911 she studied agriculture at the University of Grenoble On graduating she returned to Palestine During the First World War she was the only leader of Poale Zion who remained in Palestine 6 After the war she changed her name to Yanait after the Hashmonean king Alexander Yannai 7 In 1918 she married Ben Zvi leader Poale Zion and co founder of Hashomer They had two sons together nbsp Ben Zvi Zerubavel Ben Gurion amp Yanait Ben Zvi 1911 nbsp Rachel Yanait with Yitzhak Ben Zvi 1913After World War I she founded The Educational Farm in Jerusalem a farm that provided agricultural education for women She was among the founders of The Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem and remained a labor activist She was also active in the Haganah paramilitary organization and organized the clandestine aliyah of immigrants through Syria and Lebanon Her son Eli died in March 1948 at Beit Keshet during the civil war in Mandatory Palestine After the founding of the State of Israel she was active in the absorption of immigrants from Arab countries In 1952 her husband was appointed as the president of Israel As the first lady of Israel she opened the president s house to people from all the strata of Israeli society During that time she wrote about education and defense and wrote an autobiography called We are Olim אנו עולים anu olim which was published in 1961 In 1978 Ben Zvi was awarded the Israel Prize for her special contribution to society and the State of Israel 8 She died on 16 November 1979 See also editList of Israel Prize recipientsReferences edit Grayzel Solomon 1985 Jewish Book Annual ISBN 9780914820147 Ben Zvi Rachel Yanait 1963 Coming Home Massadah P E C Press Ltd pp 191 194 Yanait Ben Zvi 1963 pp 197 200 Segev Tom 2018 2019 translation Haim Watzman A State at Any Cost The Life of David Ben Gurion Apollo ISBN 9 781789 544633 p 105 Segev p 95 Teveth Shabtai 1987 Ben Gurion The Burning Ground 1886 1948 Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0 395 35409 9 p 135 Teveth p 73 Israel Prize Official Site Recipients in 1978 in Hebrew External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rachel Yanait Ben Zvi Biography in Hebrew Rachel Yanait Ben zvi Encyclopedia of Jewish Women Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rachel Yanait Ben Zvi amp oldid 1182680206, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
