Ze'ev Herring ( he, זאב הרינג, 1910 – 26 February 1988) 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 between 1969 and 1974.

Biography

Born in Przemyśl in

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(today in

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), Herring studied law at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields o ...

, and later at the

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. He became active in Jewish student organisations, and joined the

Zionist Socialist Workers Party Zionist-Socialist Workers Party (russian: Сионистско-социалистическая рабочая партия), often referred to simply as Zionist-Socialists or S.S. by their Russian initials, was a Jewish territorialist and social ...

. In 1935 he became secretary general of the party in eastern Galicia, and edited its

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weekly newspaper.Zeev Herring: Public Activities
Knesset website In 1940 he made aliyah 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 ...

, where he settled in kibbutz

Ramat David Ramat David ( he, רָמַת דָּוִד, ''lit.'' David Heights) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley near Ramat David Airbase, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population ...

.Herring, Ze'ev
Israel War Veterans League In the same year volunteered for the

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. He served in the

Jewish Brigade The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group or Jewish Brigade, was a military formation of the British Army in the World War II, Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 and was recruited among Yishuv, Y ...

, and following the end of the war, helped

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survivors make aliyah to Palestine, serving as secretary of the Jewish Brigade's diaspora centre secretary between 1946 and 1947. In 1954 he became a member of the Histadrut's executive committee, and was a member of its planning committee between 1954 and 1969. He also later chaired its department for external relations. In 1956 he started lecturing in the political science department at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

, where he worked until 1960. In

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he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but lost his seat in the 1973 elections. He died in 1988.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Herring, Zeev 1910 births 1988 deaths Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) People from Przemyśl University of Warsaw alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Polish politicians Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Ashkenazi Jews in Mandatory Palestine Israeli trade unionists Jewish Brigade personnel Academic staff of Tel Aviv University Alignment (Israel) politicians Zionist Socialist Workers Party politicians Members of the 7th Knesset (1969–1974) Histadrut Polish editors Burials at Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery