Fayge Ilanit
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Fayge Ilanit was a Zionist
activist and Israel
i politician. She was a granddaughter of Rabbi
Shimon Shkop
and mother of IDF
soldier Uri Ilan
.
(now Poland
) in 1909 to Sharaga Hindes and Hannah Shkop (daughter of Rabbi Shimon Shkop). She moved with her family to Ukraine
in 1915 but returned to Poland in 1922. After her mother's death and her father's remarriage, she lived at her grandfather's. In 1928 she joined Hashomer Hatzair
and in 1929 she immigrated to Mandate Palestine.
In 1933 she joined kibbutz
Gan Shmuel. She married Shlomo Ilan and in 1935 gave birth to her first firstborn, Uri Ilan. She was active in the “Women’s Labor Council” and a member of the secretariat of “Women’s Labor Council”. She was a member of the central institutions of Mapam
and was active in the League for Friendly relations with the Soviet Union
. She was also a member of the Haganah
.
She was elected to the first Knesset
for Mapam and was a member of the House and Education and Culture Committees. She opposed the Palestine Communist Party
and rejected claims of anti-religious coercion in the immigrant camps.
She became blind in her old age and died in 2002.
Zionism
Zionism is a Jewish political movement that, in its broadest sense, has supported the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state...
activist and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politician. She was a granddaughter of Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Shimon Shkop
Shimon Shkop
Shimon Yehuda Hakohen Shkop was a rosh yeshiva in the Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah and in the Telshe yeshiva and a renowned Talmudic scholar. He was born in Torez in 1860. At the age of twelve he went to study in the Mir yeshiva, and at fifteen he went to Volozhin yeshiva where he studied six years...
and mother of IDF
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...
soldier Uri Ilan
Uri Ilan
Uri Ilan was an Israeli soldier who committed suicide in a Syrian prison, after being captured in a covert operation on the Golan Heights. He became a symbol of courage and patriotism in Israel.-Early life:...
.
Biography
Hindes was born in Białystok in the Russian EmpireRussian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
(now Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) in 1909 to Sharaga Hindes and Hannah Shkop (daughter of Rabbi Shimon Shkop). She moved with her family to Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
in 1915 but returned to Poland in 1922. After her mother's death and her father's remarriage, she lived at her grandfather's. In 1928 she joined Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair
Hashomer Hatzair is a Socialist–Zionist youth movement founded in 1913 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, and was also the name of the group's political party in the Yishuv in the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine...
and in 1929 she immigrated to Mandate Palestine.
In 1933 she joined kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Gan Shmuel. She married Shlomo Ilan and in 1935 gave birth to her first firstborn, Uri Ilan. She was active in the “Women’s Labor Council” and a member of the secretariat of “Women’s Labor Council”. She was a member of the central institutions of Mapam
Mapam
Mapam was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party.-History:Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party and Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement. The party was originally Marxist-Zionist in its outlook and represented...
and was active in the League for Friendly relations with the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. She was also a member of the Haganah
Haganah
Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.- Origins :...
.
She was elected to the first Knesset
Israeli legislative election, 1949
Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly independent Israel on 25 January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset...
for Mapam and was a member of the House and Education and Culture Committees. She opposed the Palestine Communist Party
Palestine Communist Party
The Palestine Communist Party was a political party in British Mandate of Palestine formed in 1923 through the merger of the Palestinian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Palestine...
and rejected claims of anti-religious coercion in the immigrant camps.
She became blind in her old age and died in 2002.