Meir Teomi (15 July 1898 – 10 August 1947) was a Ukrainian-born actor and immigrant 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 ...

in 1919 who was murdered during a terrorist attack in 1947. He was the father of Israeli actor .

Death

Teomi was performing on stage in the Hawaii Garden restaurant of

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

on August 10, 1947. An Arab gang from

Al-Shaykh Muwannis Al-Shaykh Muwannis ( ar, الشيخ مونّس), also Sheikh Munis, was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located approximately 8.5 kilometers from the center of Jaffa city in territory earmarked ...

stormed the cafe and shot five people dead, including Teomi.

Time Magazine ''Time'' (stylized in all caps) is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on Mar ...

reported that it may have been "the first serious attack by Arabs on Jews since 1939". The Arab

Falastin ''Falastin'' ( ar, فلسطين), meaning Palestine in Arabic, was an Arabic-language Palestinian newspaper. Founded in 1911 in Jaffa, ''Falastin'' began as a weekly publication, evolving into one of the most influential dailies in Ottoman and ...

newspaper incorrectly reported that the attack had been done by

Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews or Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ''Yehudei Teman''; ar, اليهود اليمنيون) are those Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. Between June 1949 and September 1950, the ...

against Arabs, leading to a wave of Palestinian attacks against Yemenites. The

Haganah Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...

also carried out reprisals against Arab targets it believed were responsible for the attack.

Films and plays

* ''Sabra'', 1933 * ''This Is the Land'', 1935

References

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* 1898 births 1947 deaths Actors from Mykolaiv Ukrainian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jewish Ukrainian actors 20th-century Ukrainian male actors Jewish male actors 1947 murders in Asia 1947 in Mandatory Palestine Deaths by firearm in Mandatory Palestine People murdered in Mandatory Palestine Ukrainian terrorism victims Murdered Jews {{Israel-actor-stub