Avraham Taviv ( he, אברהם טביב, born 1889, died 20 April 1950) was an Israeli politician.
Biography
Born in
Yemen Vilayet
ota, ولايت یمن
, common_name = Yemen Vilayet
, subdivision = Vilayet
, nation = the Ottoman Empire
, year_start = 1872
, year_end = 1918
, date_start =
, ...
in the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
, Taviv received a religious Jewish education, before working as a jeweler and repairing weapons. 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 Ottoman-controlled Palestine in 1908 in the first caravan from Yemen. He joined
Hapoel Hatzair
Hapoel Hatzair ( he, הפועל הצעיר, "The Young Worker") was a Zionist group active in Palestine from 1905 until 1930. It was founded by A.D. Gordon, Yosef Aharonovich, Yosef Sprinzak and followed a non-Marxist, Zionist, socialist agenda ...
and later
Ahdut HaAvoda
Ahdut HaAvoda ( he, אַחְדוּת הַעֲבוֹדָה, lit. ''Labour Unity'') was the name used by a series of political parties. Ahdut HaAvoda in its first incarnation was led by David Ben-Gurion. It was first established during the period ...
. In 1918 he was elected to
Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...
's village council. An activist for Yemenite immigrants, he helped establish four Yemenite neighbourhoods in various cities and towns, and was the Yemenite settlements' representative on the
Jewish Agency
The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...
's Aliyah Committee.
In 1920 he attended the founding convention of 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 (and was later elected to its Agricultural Association), and in the same year he was elected to the first
Assembly of Representatives. He served on the
Jewish National Council
The Jewish National Council (JNC; he, ועד לאומי, ''Va'ad Le'umi''), also known as the Jewish People's Council was the main national executive organ of the Assembly of Representatives of the Jewish community (Yishuv) within Mandatory Pale ...
until 1931, and again from 1944 until 1948. In 1923 he established the
Yemenite Association
The Yemenite Association ( he, הִתְאַחֲדוּת הַתֵּימָנִים, translit. ''Hit'ahdut HaTeimanim'') was a political party in Israel.
History
The party was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1923. It took part in Israel's first electi ...
, which he led until his death. In 1945 he joined
Mapai
Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...
, and was elected to the first Knesset on its list in
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
. He died on 20 April 1950, and was replaced by
Yitzhak Kanav
Yitzhak Kanev (, born Yitzhak Kanevsky, 1896 – 8 May 1980) was a Zionist activist and politician. He was the founder of the Kupat Holim health care system and directed it for 38 years.
Biography
Yitzhak (Isaac) Kanievsky was born in Melitopol ...
.
Knesset Members in the First Knesset
Knesset website
References
External links
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1889 births
1950 deaths
Israeli Jews
Yemenite Jews
Yemeni emigrants to the Ottoman Empire
Jewish National Council members
Israeli trade unionists
Members of the Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine)
Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951)
Yemenite Association politicians
Mapai politicians
Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent