Haim Harari (educator)

For the Israeli theoretical physicist, see Haim Harari.
Haim Harari, Eretz Yisrael, 1907

Haim Harari (Hebrew: חיים הררי (שניאור זלמן בלומברג (July 13, 1883 – November 13, 1940)[1][2] was one of the founders of Tel Aviv.[3][4][5]

Career

Shneur Zalman Blumberg (later Haim Harari) was a Hebrew teacher, writer, and publicist, member of the Second Assembly of Representatives, an amateur actor and director, and one of the founders of the 'Hebrew Stage Lovers Association'.[6]

Personal life

His wife was the writer Yehudit Harari.[7] His son was Yizhar Harari, a Zionist activist and Israeli politician,[8][9] and his grandson is theoretical physicist Haim Harari, former President of the Weizmann Institute of Science.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ Tidhar, David (1947). "Dr. Haim Harari (Blumberg)" ד"ר חיים הררי (בלומברג). Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 1. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 497.
  2. ^ Sitton Shoshana, Shavit Yaacov (2004). Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine: The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948. Translated by Naor Chaya. Wayne State University Press, Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. ISBN 0814328458.
  3. ^ Naor Mordecai (1984). Tel Aviv at the beginning of the years 1934-1909 Sources, summaries, selected issues and auxiliary material. Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi.
  4. ^ "Who were the 66 founders of Tel Aviv?" From the virtual library of CET (Centre For Educational Technology)
  5. ^ The story behind the photo. The 66 Jewish families who congregated on the sand dunes of what would become Tel Aviv
  6. ^ Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine: The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948 (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology), 2004 by Shoshana Sitton and Yaacov Shavit, p.55
  7. ^ Tidhar, David (1947). "Yehudit Harari" יהודית הררי. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 2. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 831.
  8. ^ Tidhar, David (1947). "Yizhar Harari" יזהר הררי. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 4. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 1717.
  9. ^ Yizhar Harari on the Knesset website
  10. ^ Prof. Haim Harari website, Weizmann Institute of Science
  11. ^ Weizmann Institute of Science, List of Presidents