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Eliyahu Fromenchenko (also spelled Fromchenko), a Russian Jew, with his family launched a candy business in 1918, after preparing confections in his home kitchen. Fleeing the economic and political chaos that followed the rise of Communism in the Soviet Union , he moved to Latvia and in 1924, merged into Laima in Riga .
May 14, 2014 · Russian candy maker Eliyahu Fromenchenko fled to Latvia and founded Laima Chocolate in Riga in 1922. With the Nazi rise to power, he sold Laima in 1933 and immigrated to Palestine, having...
Oct 14, 2021 · Readers can also learn about the history of chocolate in Israel—including Latvian immigrant Eliyahu Fromenchenko, who immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and founded the Elite chocolate company.
Feb 13, 2022 · As the storm clouds of the Second World War gathered in Europe, the rise of the Third Reich prompted a Latvian Jewish chocolate maker, Eliyahu Fromenchenko, to emigrate to pre-state Israel in 1933. He took with him equipment from his former chocolate and sweet factory and founded the iconic Israeli company, Elite, with a factory in Ramat Gan.
1934: Eliyahu Fromenchenko of Russia sets up a candy factory called Elite in Ramat Gan, Israel. 1936: Richard and Hilda Strauss establish a dairy farm in Nahariya. 1940: Elite acquires Freiman jam and canned goods company. 1951: Strauss begins producing ice cream. 1958: Elite launches the first Israeli instant coffee.
Eliyahu Fromenchenko came to Palestine, from Latvia, in the wake of anti-Semitism and brought with him machines from his former chocolate and candy factory. With eight partners, he founded Elite. They produced chocolate, cocoa, candies, and became the official supplier of chocolate to the Allied units in Palestine during World War II.
One of Laima’s owners was a Russian Jew named Eliyahu Fromenchenko, who opened a candy business in 1918, before fleeing the Soviet Union and moving to Riga; he later sold Laima and immigrated...
