Shevah Weiss
Shevah Weiss | |
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Alignment | |
1991–1999 | Labor Party |
Diplomatic roles | |
2001–2003 | Ambassador to Poland |
Personal details | |
Born | Szeivah Weiss 5 July 1935 Borysław, Poland |
Died | 3 February 2023 Tel Aviv, Israel | (aged 87)
Spouse | Ester Weiss |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Warsaw |
Signature | |
Shevah Weiss (
Biography
Shevah Weiss was born in
Weiss
Weiss was married to Esther, with whom he had two children. Dr. Esther Weiss died of cancer in 2005.[4]
Academic career
In 1975, Weiss he became a professor at the University of Haifa.
Political, civic and diplomatic career
Weiss served as a member of the board of the Haifa municipality between 1969 and 1981, when he was elected to the
On November 4, 1995, Weiss was on stage with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres at the peace rally in Tel Aviv where Rabin was assassinated.[5]
In 2000 he became a president of the Yad Vashem Council. From 2001 to 2003, he served as an Israeli ambassador in Poland. On 4 January 2004, for his contribution to the cooperation between Poland and Israel, President Aleksander Kwaśniewski awarded him the Grand Cross (1st class) of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
Weiss spoke Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, Russian and English. He died on 3 February 2023 in Tel Aviv,[6] at the age of 87.[7]
See also
- List of Knesset speakers
- Israel–Poland relations
References
- ^ Shevah Weiss, former Knesset speaker, Holocaust survivor dies at 87
- ^ The man who survived the Holocaust by living behind a wall
- ^ Polish family who saved future Israeli ambassador from Holocaust found seven decades later
- ^ Shevah Weiss, Former Knesset Speaker and Israel's Ambassador to Poland, Dies at 87, Haaretz
- ^ Knesset speaker, ambassador to Poland Shevah Weiss dies at 87
- ^ "Zmarł prof. Szewach Weiss – Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych" (in Polish). 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "שבח וייס, יו"ר הכנסת ושגריר ישראל בפולין לשעבר, מת בגיל 87". Haaretz. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
External links
- Shevah Weiss on the Knesset website