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 Melitopol ( uk, Меліто́поль, translit=Melitópol’, ; russian: Мелитополь; based on el, Μελιτόπολις - "honey city") is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Zaporizhz ...

in the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

(today in

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). He studied Natural Sciences and Economics at university in

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

, and later social sciences at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

, the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, and the School of Economics & Law in

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 ...

. In 1917, Kanievsky joined the Jewish Self Defense in Russia, and was one of the founders of the Russian branch of

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 ...

. He also served as a delegate to the Tzeiri Zion convention and the General Zionist Convention in St Petersburg. In 1919, Kanev

immigrated Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

to Palestine. The following year he fought in the

Battle of Tel Hai The Battle of Tel Hai was fought on 1 March 1920 between Arab irregulars and a Jewish defensive paramilitary force protecting the village of Tel Hai in Northern Galilee. In the course of the event, a Shiite Arab militia, accompanied by Bedouin fro ...

, where he was wounded. He later helped found

Gdud HaAvoda Gdud HaAvoda ( he, גדוד העבודה) was a socialist Zionist work group in Mandate Palestine. History Officially known as the Yosef Trumpeldor Labor and Defense Battalion ( he, גדוד העבודה וההגנה על־שם יוסף טרו ...

and attended the convention that established 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. In 1923, he became one of the leaders of the Histadrut's medical services, and in 1947 he established the Institute for Social Research, where he served as a director. Given a place on the

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 ...

list for the 1949 Knesset elections, he missed out on a seat as the party won 46 seats. However, he entered the Knesset on 20 April 1950 as a replacement for the deceased

Avraham Taviv Avraham Taviv ( he, אברהם טביב, born 1889, died 20 April 1950) was an Israeli politician. Biography Born in Yemen Vilayet in the Ottoman Empire, Taviv received a religious Jewish education, before working as a jeweler and repairing weapo ...

. He lost his seat in the 1951 elections. He died in 1980.

Awards and honours

*In 1962 Kanev was awarded the

Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...

in social sciences.

Works

*''Social policy and social insurance in Palestine'' (1942) *''Social insurance in Palestine and its reconstruction'' (1946) *''Society in Israel and social planning'' (1962) *''Social policy in Israel: Achievements and shortcomings'' (1964) *''Health, services in Israel and public expenditure on health and international comparisons (1965/66–1967/68)'' (1969) *''Social and health research, 1964-1965'' (1966) *''Israel's war on poverty and new approaches to rehabilitation'' (1971)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanev, Itzhak 1896 births 1980 deaths Israeli Jews Ukrainian Jews Alumni of the University of London University of Vienna alumni Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jews from Mandatory Palestine Israeli trade unionists Israel Prize in social sciences recipients People from Melitopol Mapai politicians Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951)

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