Berl Repetur (right) and David Remez, 1948

Berl Repetur (Hebrew: ברל רפטור‎, born 1902, died 23 March 1989) was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ruzhyn (Ружин Rużyn Ружин translit Ruzhyn; רוזשין Rizhn) is an Urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Aliyah ( refers to Jewish Immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948 the State of Israel) Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January 1949 Mapam (מפ"ם an acronym for Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet (מפלגת הפועלים המאוחדת lit David Remez (דוד רמז born David Drabkin in 1886 died 19 May 1951) was an Israeli politician the country's first Minister of Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) History of Zionism|Timeline of Zionism|World Zionist Organization|Zionist political violence Zionism is an international political movement that originally supported the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Israeli Declaration of Independence (הכרזת העצמאות Hakhrazat HaAtzma'ut or מגילת העצמאות Megilat HaAtzma'ut) made on 14 May

Biography

Born in Ruzhyn in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Repetur was educated in a heder, and was a member of the Dror and HaHalutz youth movements. Ruzhyn (Ружин Rużyn Ружин translit Ruzhyn; רוזשין Rizhn) is an Urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. A Cheder (alternatively Cheider, in Hebrew חדר, meaning "room" is a traditional elementary school teaching the basics of Judaism Habonim Dror (הבונים דרור Translation 'The Builders - Freedom' is a Secular Socialist-Zionist Youth movement formed by the merger During the pogroms he was involved in organising Jewish defence groups. A pogrom is a form of Riot directed against a particular group whether ethnic religious or other and characterized by destruction of their Homes Businesses PLEASE TAKE NOTE************

In 1920 he immigrated to Mandate Palestine and joined the Labour Unity and the Hagana in Haifa. Aliyah ( refers to Jewish Immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948 the State of Israel) The Palestine Mandate, was a set of protocols or articles that formed a multilateral legal and administrative agreement Haganah ( Hebrew: "The Defense" ההגנה was a Jewish Paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with In 1922 he became a member of the Haifa Workers Council secretariat. In 1927 he was appointed secretary of the Labour Centre, which was responsible for reducing unemployment, and was also a head of Solel Boneh, a construction company.

In 1935 and 1939 Repetur was a delegate to Zionist congresses, and also went on missions to Germany and Poland. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland

In 1944 he was amongst the "B faction" that split from Mapai and later formed Mapam together with Labour Unity and Poale Zion. for the town in Mozambique see Mapai Mozambique Mapai (מפא"י an acronym for Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael (מפלגת Mapam (מפ"ם an acronym for Mifleget HaPoalim HaMeuhedet (מפלגת הפועלים המאוחדת lit Poale Zion (also spelled Poalei Tziyon or Poaley Syjon, meaning "Workers of Zion" was a Movement of Marxist Zionist Jewish Two years later he was arrested by the British Authorities during Operation Agatha and imprisoned in Rafah. Operation Agatha (Saturday June 29, 1946) sometimes called Black Shabbat or Black Saturday because it began on the Jewish sabbath Rafah (رفح is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Strip, on the Egyptian border and a nearby town on the Egyptian side of the border on the Sinai

In 1948 Repetur joined the pre-state legislature, Moetzet HaAm (later the Provisional State Council), and was amongst the signatories of Israel's declaration of independence. The Provisional State Council (מועצת המדינה הזמנית Moetzet HaMedina HaZmanit) was the temporary Legislature of Israel from shortly before The Provisional State Council (מועצת המדינה הזמנית Moetzet HaMedina HaZmanit) was the temporary Legislature of Israel from shortly before He was elected to the first Knesset in 1949 on Mapam's list, but lost his seat in the 1951 elections. Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January 1949 Elections for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July 1951 He died in 1989.

Repetur's wife Sonia was a founder of kibbutz Yagur and an aunt of politician Yossi Sarid. A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in Yagur (יגור is a Kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Carmel about 9 km southeast of Haifa, it is one of the Yossi Sarid (יוסי שריד born 24 October 1940 is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician

Bibliography

• Without Let Up (1973) Autobiography

External links

• Berl Repetur Knesset website (English)