Haim Ben-Asher
Haim Ben-Asher | |
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| 1949–1955 | Mapai |
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| Born | 10 July 1904 Odesa, Russian Empire |
| Died | 14 July 1998 (aged 94) |
Haim Ben-Asher (Hebrew: חיים בן-אשר; 10 July 1904 – 14 July 1998) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1949 and 1955.
Biography
Born Haim Finkel in
HaKibbutz HaMeuhad movement. He also worked as an emissary of the HeHalutz movement in Germany and Poland. During World War II he enlisted in the Jewish Brigade
. Whilst in the army, he edited The Soldier newspaper and the Jewish Bridage's magazine, HaMa'avak.
A member of
first Knesset elections in 1949 he won a seat on the party's list. He was re-elected in 1951, but lost his seat in the 1955 elections. In 1959 he published a book, The Future World of Yesterday. Ben-Asher also served as director of Beit Berl
Academic College.
He died in 1998 at the age of 94.
External links
- The personal papers of Haim Ben-Asher are kept at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. The notation of the record group is A292.
- Haim Ben-Asher on the Knesset website
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