Menachem Ussishkin

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Menachem Ussishkin (Russian: Авраам Менахем Мендл Усышкин Avraham Menachem Mendel Ussishkin, Hebrew: מנחם אוסישקין; August 14, 1863 – October 2, 1941) was a Russian-born Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund.

Biography

Menachem Ussishkin was born in

In 1923, Ussishkin was elected President of the Jewish National Fund which he headed until his death. Ussishkin was behind major land acquisitions in the Hefer, Jezreel and Beit She'an valleys.

Family

Ussishkin had two children: His daughter, Rachel, married Friedrich Simon Bodenheimer, entomologist and son of Zionist Max Bodenheimer. His son, Samuel, a lawyer, married Elsa Schoenberg. Their son is archaeologist David Ussishkin.

Death and burial

Ussishkin died in 1941 in Jerusalem at the age of 78. He is buried in Nicanor's Cave at the botanical gardens of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Mount Scopus.^[3]

The "Ussishkin Fortresses"

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A group of villages in northern Israel, including Dan, Dafna, She'ar Yashuv and Beit Hillel, were collectively named the "Ussishkin Fortresses".

Commemoration

Ussishkin's name is commemorated in many places in Israel. Kibbutz Kfar Menahem is named after him.

On his 70th birthday, the Rehavia neighborhood council decided to change the name of the street in which he lived, Rechov Keren Kayemet Le'Israel (Jewish National Fund) to Rechov Ussishkin, and move Rechov Keren Kayamet Le'Israel to its present location.^[4]

Following Ussishkin's death, many streets and schools in Israel were named after him, as is the largest auditorium at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.

Gallery

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  Menachem Ussishkin (seated) with Adolf Stand. pre 1919
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  Home of Menachem Ussishkin in Rehavia, Jerusalem
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  Menachem Ussishkin 1929
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  Menachem Ussishkin with Albert Einstein
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  Menachem Ussishkin visiting Dafna 1 May 1939

References

External links

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• Menachem Ussishkin Jewish Agency for Israel
• The personal papers of Menachem Ussishkin are kept at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. The notation of the record group is A24.