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אריה לייב יפה | |
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| Born | Aryeh Leib Yaffe (1876-06-05)June 5, 1876 Grodno,Belarus |
| Died | March 11, 1948(1948-03-11) (aged 71) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Cause of death | Assassination (car bomb) |
| Nationality | Belarusian, Israeli |
| Alma mater | Universities in Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, journalist, editor, Zionist leader |
| Organizations | Haaretz,Keren Hayesod |
| Known for | Director-general ofKeren Hayesod, editor ofHaaretz |
| Movement | Zionism |
Aryeh Leib Yaffe (June 5, 1876 - March 11, 1948) (Hebrew:אריה לייב יפה) was aHebrew poet, journalist and editor ofHaaretz newspaper.
Leib Yaffe was born in Grodno,Belarus. He spent his university years in Germany. A life-long champion of theZionist cause, heimmigrated toPalestine in 1920, where he became chief editor ofHaaretz. He founded and served as director-general ofKeren Hayesod.[1] In 1924, he visitedPinsk to promote the Zionist cause and received a warm welcome from the Jewish community.[2]
In 1942, he was sent on a mission to South America, and in December of that year he traveled to United States as an emissary of the Zionist Movement.[3]
On March 11, 1948, he and 12 others were killed by a car bomb in the courtyard of theJewish Agency building inJerusalem.[4]
There are streets named after him inJerusalem'sTalpiot neighborhood, inHerzliya, and inBeersheba.
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