Leib Yaffe

Background

Leib Yaffe was born in Grodno, Belarus.

Career

He served as director-general of Keren Hayesod until March 11, 1948, when he and 12 others were killed by a car bomb in the courtyard of the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem. A street is named after him in Jerusalem"s Talpiot neighborhood, as well as in Herzliya, Israel.

Achievements

• A life-long champion of the Zionist cause, he immigrated to Palestine, where he became chief editor of Haaretz.