Zvi Luria

Zvi Luria ( _he. צבי לוריא, also spelt Zvi Lurie, 1906 – 1968) was a Jewish political figure in Mandate Palestine. A member of the Vaad Leumi, he was amongst the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.

Luria lived in kibbutz Ein Shemer, and was a member of its affiliation organisation, Hashomer Hatzair, serving as its general secretary between 1935 and 1937. [ [http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/history/modern%20history/israel%20at%2050/the%20signatories%20of%20the%20declaration%20of%20the%20establis The Signatories of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel] Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs] He was a member of the Vaad Leumi on behalf of Hashomer Hatzair, and was co-opted into the Provisional State Council following Israel's declaration of indendence in May 1948. He also helped establish Kol Yisrael, which broadcasted the declaration.

After signing the declaration, Luria left Israel to work on strengthening ties between Israel and the Jewish people [ [http://www.tam.co.il/23_4_2004/magazin11.htm For this reason we congregated] Iton Tel Aviv, 23 April 2004] with the Jewish Agency as a representative of Mapam (of which Hashomer Hatzair was a part). He died in 1968.

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