Background
Shapira, Anita was born on March 25, 1940 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in Israel, 1947. Daughter of Beno and Rosa (Silverberg) Erlichgerecht.
(For almost fifty years, the Zionist labour movement led t...)
For almost fifty years, the Zionist labour movement led the Jewish community in Palestine and later, in the State of Israel. Among the close-knit group of its founding fathers, Berl Katznelson was a unique figure. He was an intellectual, a politician, a man of letters, a statesman and the initiator of many of the social and economic institutions THAT shaped the face of the movement and in its wake, the character of the country as a whole. The biography of Berl is more than the biography of an individual: it is the story of a movement. The book traces Berl from a young Russian socialist and romantic pioneer on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, into the propounder of a work ethic and the founder of the central political current of the Israeli labour movement. The development of this movement is depicted against the background of the major political events of the period: Jewish-Arab relations, the European crisis of the thirties as it affected the Jewish people and the successes and failures of Zionist policy. It is required reading for anyone who wants to understand in depth the complexity of Israeli society today.
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Shapira, Anita was born on March 25, 1940 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in Israel, 1947. Daughter of Beno and Rosa (Silverberg) Erlichgerecht.
Bachelor cum laude, Tel Aviv University, 1964. Master of Arts, Tel Aviv University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, 1974.
Director Institute for Zionist Research Tel Aviv University, 1978-1982, dean faculty of humanities, 1990-1995, Ruben Merenfeld professor on study of Zionism, since 1995. Head Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies, Tel Aviv, 1996-1999. Weizmann lecturer in humanities Wiezman Institute for Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1986, 94, chair board governors, since 1998.
Member international advisory committee Center for Judaic Studies, University Pennsylvania, since 1995. Member Academy Advisory Committee to Claims Conference, since 1995. Chairman board directors Am-Oved public house, Tel Aviv, 1987-1990.
Member National Planning and Grants committee Council for Higher Education, Jerusalem, 1985-1989. Board directors Shazar Center, Jerusalem, since 1988.
(For almost fifty years, the Zionist labour movement led t...)
Chairperson executive committee Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Board directors Claims Conference Corporal Israeli Air Force, 1958-1959. Member Israeli History Society (vice chairman 1982-1999), American Association for Jewish Studies, world Union Jewish Studies (executive committee 1993-1997).
Married Shmaryahu Shapira, April 16, 1959. Children: Eran, Hily, Omry.