Meron benvenisti biography for kids

Born in Jerusalem in 1934, Meron Benvenisti is a "founders' son." His father, David Benvenisti, fulfilled his Zionist aspirations by immigrating to Palestine from Salonika in 1913 at 16.

Meron benvenisti biography for kids

He studied at a teachers' seminary and served in the Jewish Legion of the British army. Later, as a member of the Hagana, he was devoted to patriotic goals.

David Benvenisti, an Israel Prize winner, was a teacher for 60 years.

He organized the Ramblers' Society devoted to hiking to learn the land. To this end, he wrote textbooks and guides, emphasizing nationalist values.

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Benvenisti's mother came to Palestine from Eastern Europe in 1924 at 24. She studied nursing and worked as a school and public health nurse until she died at 96.

Brought up in this ardently Zionist home, Meron Benvenisti, journalist, author and deputy mayor of Jerusalem from 1971 to 1978, now questions what has happen