Dr Shalom Levin ( he, שלום לוין, 27 March 1916 – 14 April 1995) was an Israeli teacher and 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

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between 1969 and 1977.

Biography

Born in

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near

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in the

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(present-day

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), Levin studied at the

Tarbut The word Tarbut (תרבות) means "Culture" in Hebrew. The Tarbut movement was a network of secular, Hebrew-language schools in parts of the former Jewish Pale of Settlement, specifically in Poland, Romania and Lithuania. It operated primarily bet ...

Teachers Seminary in

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, and was a member of the Jewish

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 in Poland. In 1937 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 ...

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 1952 he got an MA degree in bible, literature and the history of Israel at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

, earning there a PhD in philosophy of education in 1976. He served as general secretary of the Israel Teachers Union between 1955 and 1980, when he became its president until his death in 1995. Between 1963 and 1968 he also served as president of the

International Federation of Teachers' Associations The International Federation of Teachers' Associations (IFTA; french: Fédération internationale des associations d'instituteurs, FIAI) was a global union federation representing teachers in primary schools. The federation was established in 1905 ...

.Shalom Levin: Public Activities
Knesset website A member of the central committee and secretariat of

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 ...

, he was elected to the Knesset on the

list in

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, and was re-elected 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 not included in the Alignment list in the 1977 elections, when the

Likud Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon ...

party defeated the Alignment and took over the government, and served as a member 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 ...

's organising committee between 1977 and 1981. He died in 1995 and was buried in South Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Levin, Shalom 1916 births 1995 deaths People from Valozhyn District People from Minsky Uyezd Belarusian Jews Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jews from Mandatory Palestine Israeli people of Belarusian-Jewish descent Mapai politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Israeli trade unionists Israeli educators Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Members of the 7th Knesset (1969–1974) Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977) Burials at South Cemetery in Israel