Zecharia Glosca ( he, זכריה גלוסקא, born 1894, died 19 September 1960) was a

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

ite Jew and

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i politician who served as a member of the

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for 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 ...

between 1949 and 1951.

Biography

Born in Yemen Vilayet 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) ...

, Glosca 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

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in 1909. His family settled in the

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 ...

neighbourhood of Neve Tzedek, and he studied in a

heder A ''cheder'' ( he, חדר, lit. "room"; Yiddish pronunciation ''kheyder'') is a traditional primary school teaching the basics of Judaism and the Hebrew language. History ''Cheders'' were widely found in Europe before the end of the 18th ...

. Aftwards he worked as a factory labourer, and an agricultural labourer in orchards around

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...

.Zecharia Glosca: Particulars
Knesset website He joined Hapoel Hatzair in 1911, and was also one of the first members 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 ...

union. In 1921 he was amongst the founders of the Young Mizrahi federation, becoming its chairman in 1925. In 1922 he was elected to the Assembly of Representatives, where he served until 1928. He worked as an emissary for the

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and the

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. He returned in 1949 and headed the Association's list in the first elections that year. The party won a single seat, taken by Glosca. In the 1951 elections Shimon Garidi took over as head of the list, and Glosca lost his seat. He died in 1960.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glosca, Zecharia 1894 births 1960 deaths Yemenite Jews Yemeni emigrants to the Ottoman Empire Jews in Ottoman Palestine Jews in Mandatory Palestine Members of the Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine) Israeli trade unionists Leaders of political parties in Israel Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) Yemenite Association politicians Burials at Trumpeldor Cemetery