Aharon Efrat ( he, אהרון אפרת, born 20 March 1911, died 16 May 1989) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
for the
Alignment
Alignment may refer to:
Archaeology
* Alignment (archaeology), a co-linear arrangement of features or structures with external landmarks
* Stone alignment, a linear arrangement of upright, parallel megalithic standing stones
Biology
* Structu ...
and
Mapam
Mapam ( he, מַפָּ״ם, an acronym for , ) was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party.
History
Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the kibbutz-based Hashomer Hatz ...
between 1974 and 1977.
Biography
Born in
Lutsk
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in the
Russian Empire
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(today in
Ukraine
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), Efrat joined
Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair ( he, הַשׁוֹמֵר הַצָעִיר, , ''The Young Guard'') is a Labor Zionist, secular Jewish youth movement founded in 1913 in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary, and it was also the name of the group ...
at the age of 16. He was amongst the leaders of the movement in Poland, and was the head of its
Aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
Department between 1933 and 1935, when he became a member of the movement's world leadership. In 1934 he became a member of the central committee of the
HeHalutz
HeHalutz or HeChalutz ( he, הֶחָלוּץ, lit. "The Pioneer") was a Jewish youth movement that trained young people for agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel. It became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth moveme ...
movement, and was also involved in its aliyah activities.
In 1936 he made
aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...
to
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
, and was amongst the founders of kibbutz
Ein HaShofet
Ein HaShofet ( he, עֵין הַשּׁוֹפֵט, ''lit.'' Spring of the Judge) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights region around 25 km southeast of the city of Haifa, close to Yokneam, it falls under the jurisdic ...
the following year. In 1944 he became the secretary of the
Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party and the
Socialist League in
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
.
In 1954 Efrat became secretary of
Mapam
Mapam ( he, מַפָּ״ם, an acronym for , ) was a left-wing political party in Israel. The party is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party.
History
Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the kibbutz-based Hashomer Hatz ...
, a position he held until 1957. In 1960 he became secretary of the party's central committee. He was also involved in the
Histadrut
Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in Israel, originally ( he, ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center ...
trade union, serving as head of its Social Welfare Department from 1964 to 1967, and as a member of its co-ordinating committee from 1964 until 1974. In 1972 he joined the Advisory Committee and the Advisory Board at the
Bank of Israel
The Bank of Israel ( he, בנק ישראל, ar, بنك إسرائيل) is the central bank of Israel. The bank's headquarters is located in Kiryat HaMemshala in Jerusalem with a branch office in Tel Aviv. The current governor is Amir Yaron.
T ...
, which he remained a member of until 1980.
In
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, an alliance of Mapam and the
Labor Party. On 10 April 1977 Mapam broke away from the Alignment, but rejoined two days later.
Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website Efrat lost his seat in the 1977 elections. Later that year he became a member of the board of directors at Israel Chemicals
ICL Group Ltd. (Hebrew: איי.סי. אל. גרופ בע"מ) (formerly Israel Chemicals Ltd., ICL) is a multi-national manufacturing concern that develops, produces and markets fertilizers, metals and other special-purpose chemical products. I ...
, on which he served until 1983.
He died in 1989 at the age of 78.
References
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1911 births
1989 deaths
Alignment (Israel) politicians
Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Israeli trade unionists
Jewish socialists
Hashomer Hatzair members
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Mapam politicians
Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977)
People from Lutsk
Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine