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A Jewish genealogy site dedicated to the memory of the Jews exterminated and displaced from the Belarusian Shtetls, including the Shimshelevitz Family, by the Nazis.
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (Hebrew: יִצְחָק בֶּן־צְבִי Yitshak Ben-Tsvi; 24 November 1884 – 23 April 1963; born Izaak Shimshelevich) was a historian, ethnologist, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving President of Israel.
Jun 7, 2023 · Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, né Shimshelevich, was born into the Jewish family of Zvi Shimshelevich and Atara Kopelevich in Poltava in 1884. He received his primary education at a heder and continued his studies at the gymnasium in Poltava.
Jun 10, 2021 · Yitzhak Shimshelevitz [Shymshelevych in Ukrainian, Ed.] (1884–1963), the future president Ben-Zvi, was born in Poltava into a family descended from famous rabbinical dynasties, including the great eleventh-century scholar Rashi from France.
Labor leader in the Yishuv, historian, Israeli politician, second president of the State of Israel; member of the First and Second Knessets. Ben-Zvi was born in Poltava, Ukraine, the eldest son of Ẓevi Shimshelevich.
Aug 24, 2016 · Yizhak Ben-Zvi [1] (yĬtsh´häk bĕn-tsvē), 1884–1963, president of Israel (1952–63), b. Russia, originally named Issac Shimshelevitz. A Zionist, he fled Russia in 1905 because of his activities in the Jewish self-defense movement and settled (1907) in Palestine.
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This photo collection tells the story of 3 families, the brother and sisters of President Yitzchak Ben-Zvi (Shimshilevitz): the sister Shlomit (Klogay), the brother Aharon Reuveni and the sister Dina (Mazor). Yitzchak Klogay (Klojsky) Yitzchak was born in September 1888 in Kremenchuk in the Ukraine. His parents were Zvi and Chana nee Yurovsky.
