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Haim Ariav | |
|---|---|
 Ariav in 1959 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1951–1957 | General Zionists |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1895 |
| Died | 16 June 1957 (aged 61–62) |
Haim Ariav (Hebrew: חיים אריאב; 1895 – 16 June 1957) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1957.
Biography
[edit]Born Haim Krupski in Lida in the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Grodno Region, Belarus), Ariav was educated in a heder and a Russian primary school.[1] He emigrated to Ottoman-controlled Palestine in 1912 and finished his secondary education at the Herzliya Hebrew High School.[1] He went on to study jurisprudence at the Jerusalem Jurisprudence School, and was certified as a lawyer.[1]
He volunteered for the Ottoman Army and attended officers training school in Istanbul.[1] He later taught at a military school in Damascus and worked as a translator.[1] After the Nili group was discovered, Ariav was arrested and sent to Istanbul, though he was later released and sent to the Caucasus front to be an officer and translator.[1]
After the war he worked in the secretariat of the Delegates Committee, and became its general secretary.[1] In 1929 he was appointed general secretary of the Jerusalem branch of the Jewish Agency, where he worked until 1931.[1] A secretary of the Hitahdut HaIkarim, in 1934 he founded the Society for Local Councils,[1] and assisted in the establishment of Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School. He was also amongst the founders and directors of the HaBoker newspaper.[1]
A member of the executive committee of the Union of General Zionists,[1] Ariav was elected to the Knesset in 1951 on the General Zionists' list. He was re-elected in 1955, and died in 1957 whilst still serving as an MK. His seat was taken by Ya'akov Klivnov.[2]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Haim Ariav on the Knesset website
- 1895 births
- 1957 deaths
- People from Lida
- People from Vilna Governorate
- 20th-century Belarusian Jews
- Jews from the Russian Empire
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire
- Ashkenazi Jews from Ottoman Palestine
- Ashkenazi Jews in Mandatory Palestine
- Israeli people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
- General Zionists politicians
- People of the Jewish Agency for Israel
- Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium alumni
- Ottoman military personnel of World War I
- Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955)
- Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959)
- Immigrants of the Second Aliyah