Aryeh Sheftel
Aryeh Sheftel | |
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| 1949–1951 | Mapai |
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| Born | 1905 Vilnius, Russian Empire |
| Died | 28 September 1980 |
Aryeh Sheftel (Hebrew: אריה שפטל, born 1905, died 28 September 1980) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset and mayor of Rishon LeZion.
Biography
Born in
Nazi occupation, he continued to work as a teacher in the Vilna Ghetto
. In 1943, he was involved in organising an uprising in the Ghetto. He was later moved to concentrations camps in Estonia and other countries.
After
first Knesset. However, he resigned from it on 12 February 1951, and was replaced by Yisrael Yeshayahu.[1] He was also secretary of the Rishon LeZion
Workers Council and mayor of the city for three separate terms - 1951, 1960 to 1962 and 1965 until 1969.
He died in 1980.
References
- ^ Knesset Members of the First Knesset Knesset website
External links
- Aryeh Sheftel on the Knesset website
Mayors of Rishon LeZion | ||
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