Shmoel Elyashiv

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Shmoel Elyashiv (born Shmuel Fridman, October 11, 1899 Pinsk, Russian Empire – June 20, 1955) was an Israeli diplomat and writer.[1]

Biography[]

Elyashiv was raised in Kovno. He studied jurisprudence in Moscow and Kiev, graduated in Kharkiv in 1921. In 1927, he received his doctorate in political science from the University of Toulouse and in 1928, was practicing as a jurist in Kovno. Elyashiv was chairman of the central committee of the Zionist Socialist Party from 1927 until 1934, when he emigrated to Palestine.[1]

Career[]

Politics/diplomacy[]

He held several positions with Histadrut from 1937 until 1948. He left to become the manager of the East European section in the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as ambassador to Prague, Czechoslovakia[2] and Budapest, Hungary[3] from 1950 until 1951. He was a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations in 1950 and 1952 and served as Israel's ambassador to Moscow, 1951–1955.,[1][4]

Literary career[]

[1]

  • Di histadrut (The Histadrut) (Tel Aviv, 1947) (textbook)
  • Ukrainishe motivn (Ukrainian motifs), short stories (Berlin-Paris, 1926)
  • Le problème des minorités ethniques (Paris: Librairie Generale de Droit and de Jurisprudence, 1927)
  • Rishme masa (Impressions of a journey) (Tel Aviv, 1951),
  • Hasifrut hasovyetit hachadashah (New Soviet literature) (Tel Aviv, 1953)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "SHMUEL ELYASHIV". Yiddish Leksikon. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Czech Republic". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Hungary". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Mrs. Weizmann Due in Moscow; Ambassador to Visit Bir Obidjan". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. September 2, 1954. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

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