- Ben-Zion Dinur
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Date of birth = birth date|1884|01|02
Place of birth =Khorol ,Russian Empire
Year of Aliyah = 1921
Date of death = Death date and age|1973|07|08|1884|01|02
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 1st
Party =Mapai
Former parties =
Gov't roles = Minister of EducationBen-Zion Dinur ( _he. בן ציון דינור, born Ben-Zion Dinaburg on
2 January 1884 , died8 July 1973 ) was aZionist activist, educator, historian andIsrael i politician.Biography
Dinaburg was born in 1884 in
Khorol in theRussian Empire (nowUkraine ). received his education inLithuania n yeshivot. He studied underShimon Shkop in theTelz Yeshiva , and became interested in theHaskalah throughRosh Yeshiva Eliezer Gordon 's polemics. In 1898 he moved to theSlabodka yeshiva and in 1900 he traveled toVilnius and was certified aRabbi . He then went toLyubavichi to witness theChabad-Lubavitch branch ofHasidic Judaism . Between 1902 and 1911 he was engaged in Zionist activism and teaching, which at some point resulted in a brief arrest. In 1910 he married Bilhah Feingold, a teacher who had worked with him in a girls' trade school inPoltava . In 1911 he left his wife and son for two years to attend theBerlin University ., where he studied underSemen Ivanovich Rostovzev andEugen Taubler . He then spent two more years at theUniversity of Bern , where he began his dissertation under Rostovzev, on the Jews in theLand of Israel under theRoman Empire . The break ofWorld War I forced him to move to theUniversity of Petrograd . However, due to theOctober Revolution , he did not receive his PhD. He was a lecturer at theUniversity of Odessa from 1920 to 1921.In 1921 he immigrated to Palestine and from 1923 to 1948 served as a teacher and later as head of the Jewish Teachers' Training College,
Jerusalem . In 1936 he was appointed lecturer in modern Jewish history at theHebrew University and became professor in 1948 and professor emeritus in 1952. As a historian he described Zionism in the diaspora as "a huge river into which flowed all the smaller streams and tributaries of the Jewish struggle down the ages"Cite web
last = Wisse
first = Ruth R.
title = The Brilliant Failure of Jewish Foreign Policy
accessdate = 2008-02-19
date = 2007-08-02
url = http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Educational+Resources/More+Educational+Resources/Azure/10/10-wisse.html.htm] , and tracing its origins to 1700, when history records a first wave ofPolish Jews emigrating to Jerusalem.Cite journal
last = Iancu
first = Carol
title = From the "Science of Judaism"to the New Israeli historians: landmarks for a history of Jewish historiography
journal = Studia Hebraica
accessdate = 2008-02-17
url = http://www.unibuc.ro/eBooks/filologie/hebra/2-10.htm
format = dead link|date=June 2008 – [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3A+intitle%3AFrom+the+%22Science+of+Judaism%22to+the+New+Israeli+historians%3A+landmarks+for+a+history+of+Jewish+historiography&as_publication=Studia+Hebraica&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search] ] He believed "messianic ferment" palyed a crucial role in Jewish history,Cite journal
last = Morgenstern
first = Arie
title = Dispersion and the Longing for Zion, 1240-1840
journal = Jewsih Agency for Israel
accessdate = 2008-02-17
url = http://www.jafi.org.il/education/culture/dispersion.html] and introduced the idea of "mered hagalut" ("Revolt of the Diaspora").Cite web
last = Marom
first = Daniel
title = The Role of Jewish Studies Scholars in Early Zionist Education
work = Mandel Foundation
accessdate = 2008-02-17
url = http://sps.mli.org.il/Visions/Current+Initiatives+and+Programs/Marom+Role.htm]He was elected to the first
Knesset on theMapai list and served as Minister of Education and Culture in the third to sixth governments (1952 to 1955), when he was responsible for the 1953 State Education Law, which put an end to the prevailing party "trend" education system. From 1953 to 1959 he was president ofYad Vashem .Cite encyclopedia
title = Dinur (Dinaburg), Benzion
encyclopedia = Encyclopedia Judaica
accessdate = 2008-02-18
url = http://motlc.learningcenter.wiesenthal.org/text/x06/xm0611.html]He was twice recipient of the
Israel Prize , which he established: in 1958 for Jewish Scholarship and in 1973 for Education. [ [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=363 Ben-Zion Dinur] : Knesset website] He died in 1973.Bibliography
* "
Lovers of Zion " (1932-1934) he icon
* "OurRabbi Moshe Ben Maimon : His Life, Writings, Activities and Views" (1935) he icon
* "Simon Dubnow : for his 75th Birthday" (1936) he icon
* "Israel in its Land: From the First Days of Israel until theBabylonian Exile : Sources and Documents" (1938) he icon
* "Path Makers: Prominent Figures in the Sad History of the Return to Zion and the Renewal of Israel" (1946) he icon
* "The Changing of the Generations: Researches and Studies in the History of Israel from Early Modern Times" (1955) he icon
* "In Memory ofAhad Ha’Am " (1957) he icon
* "Values and Methods: Problems of Education" (1958) he icon
* "A Vanished World: Memories of a Way of Life” (Biography) (1958) he icon
* "Remember: Issues of the Holocaust and its Lessons" (1958) he icon
* "Israel in Exile" 2nd Edition (expanded) five volumes (1958) he icon
* "Days of War and Revolution: Memories of a Way of Life" (1961) he icon
* "My Generation: Characteristics and Traits of Scholars and Educators, Public Personalities and Gate Keepers" (1964) he icon
* "Benjamin Zeev Herzl : the Man, his Path and Personality, his Vision and Activities" (1968) he icon
* "The Struggle of the Generations of Israel for its Land: from the Destruction of Betar until the Renewal of Israel" (1975) he icon
* "Generations of theBible : Research and Studies to Understand the Bible and the History of Israel in that Period" (1977) he icon
* "Generations and Impressions: Researches and Studies in Israeli Historiography, its Problems and its History" (1978) he iconReferences
External links
* Cite web
title = Mapai Leader Benzion Dinur (Dinaburg) Comments on the Sinking of the Struma
work = Jewish Virtual Library
accessdate = 2008-02-17
date = 1942-03-16
url = http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/mapai.html
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