In 1898, Soskin accompanied Theodor Herzl during his visit to Palestine, and subsequently assisted in research to examine the possibilities for agriculture in different regions in the country. In 1903, he participated in the Sixth Zionist Congress, where he was elected to the Committee for the Study of Eretz Israel, along with Otto Warburg and Franz Oppenheimer. In connection with the works of the committee, he was part of a delegation to El Arish, in the northern Sinai, to investigate the area at the request of Herzl. Part of his agricultural research was conducted in collaboration with Aaron Aaronsohn, with whom he became friends while in Zichron Yaacov in the early part of the twentieth century.[citation needed]
In 1918, he was appointed Director of Settlement on the Jewish National Fund (the "JNF") and, following a tour of Europe, began to examine the implementation of an agricultural model. The model included intensive agriculture on small plots of land. He tried to implement this model in the Binyamina district, and it saw success with the founding of Nahariya in 1934. He also championed the use of hydroponics - the growth of plants on water; in 1944, he proposed a plan to feed liberated Europe with hydroponic vegetables.[1]
Klaus Kreppel, (in German), archived from the original on 2013-01-15, retrieved 2015-01-26
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^"Palestine Expert Offers Plan to UNRRA for Feeding Liberated Europe by Hydroponics". JTA- Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 7 April 1944. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^. Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012.
^"18 Scholars and Scientists Receive Israel's Annual State Prizes". JTA - Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 28 April 1958. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
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selig, soskin, hebrew, זליג, סוסקין, 1873, february, 1959, israeli, agronomist, early, member, zionist, movement, selig, suskin, contents, biography, awards, honours, also, references, external, linksbiography, editsoskin, born, 1873, crimea, then, part, russi. Selig Soskin Hebrew זליג סוסקין 1873 26 February 1959 was an Israeli agronomist and an early member of the Zionist movement Selig Suskin Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards and honours 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editSoskin was born in 1873 in Crimea then part of the Russian Empire He was active in the Zionist movement while in Russia and immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1896 after studying agronomy in Germany citation needed He was one of the founders of the settlement of Be er Tuvia until then known as Qastina after the neighboring Palestinian village of the same name and worked on the planting of eucalyptus to drain the swamps of Hadera citation needed In 1898 Soskin accompanied Theodor Herzl during his visit to Palestine and subsequently assisted in research to examine the possibilities for agriculture in different regions in the country In 1903 he participated in the Sixth Zionist Congress where he was elected to the Committee for the Study of Eretz Israel along with Otto Warburg and Franz Oppenheimer In connection with the works of the committee he was part of a delegation to El Arish in the northern Sinai to investigate the area at the request of Herzl Part of his agricultural research was conducted in collaboration with Aaron Aaronsohn with whom he became friends while in Zichron Yaacov in the early part of the twentieth century citation needed In 1918 he was appointed Director of Settlement on the Jewish National Fund the JNF and following a tour of Europe began to examine the implementation of an agricultural model The model included intensive agriculture on small plots of land He tried to implement this model in the Binyamina district and it saw success with the founding of Nahariya in 1934 He also championed the use of hydroponics the growth of plants on water in 1944 he proposed a plan to feed liberated Europe with hydroponic vegetables 1 He became a supporter of Ze ev Jabotinsky and of the Revisionist movement citation needed Awards and honours editIn 1958 Soskin was awarded the Israel Prize in agriculture 2 3 A street in Nahariya is named after him See also editList of Israel Prize recipients Klaus Kreppel Nahariya s Early Years 1934 1949 The historical introduction and the prefaces to the 15 categories were written by the historian Dr Klaus Kreppel from Bielefeld in German archived from the original on 2013 01 15 retrieved 2015 01 26References edit Palestine Expert Offers Plan to UNRRA for Feeding Liberated Europe by Hydroponics JTA Jewish Telegraphic Agency 7 April 1944 Retrieved 7 April 2014 Israel Prize recipients in 1958 in Hebrew Israel Prize Official Site Archived from the original on February 8 2012 18 Scholars and Scientists Receive Israel s Annual State Prizes JTA Jewish Telegraphic Agency 28 April 1958 Retrieved 7 April 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Selig Suskin Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Selig Soskin amp oldid 1184399370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
