- Fayge Ilanit
MKs
Date of birth = birth date|1909|02|07
Place of birth =Białystok ,Russian Empire
Year of Aliyah = 1929
Date of death = Death date and age|2002|07|14|1909|02|07
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 1st
Party =Mapam
Former parties =
Gov't roles =Fayge Ilanit ( _he. פייגה אילנית, 7 February 1909 (née Hindes) – 14 July 2002) was a Zionist activist and
Israel i politician. She was a granddaughter ofRabbi Shimon Shkop and mother of IDF soldierUri Ilan .Cite web
title = סבא חרדי ונכדה שמוצניקית
work = Hazofe
accessdate = 2008-02-20
url = http://hazofe.co.il/web/katava6.asp?Modul=24&id=29326&Word=&gilayon=2235&mador= he icon]Biography
Hindes was born in
Białystok in theRussian Empire (nowPoland ) in 1909 to Sharaga Hindes and Hannah Shkop (daughter of Rabbi Shimon Shkop). She moved with her family toUkraine in 1915 but returned to Poland in 1922. After her mother's death and her father's remarriage, she lived at her grandfather's. In 1928 she joinedHashomer Hatzair and in 1929 she immigrated to Mandate Palestine.In 1933 she joined
kibbutz Gan Shmuel .Cite web
last = Ilanit
first = Fayge
title = על התכנית הכללית של משקנו
accessdate = 2008-02-20
date = 1944
url = http://www.ganshmuel.org.il/info/maarechet/0405_bin/07.htm#c0 he icon] She married Shlomo Ilan and in 1935 gave birth to her first firstborn, Uri Ilan. She was active in the “Women’s Labor Council” and a member of the secretariat of “Women’s Labor Council”. She was a member of the central institutions ofMapam and was active in the League for Friendly relations with theSoviet Union . She was also a member of theHaganah .She was elected to the first Knesset for Mapam and was a member of the House and Education and Culture Committees. She opposed the
Palestine Communist Party and rejected claims of anti-religious coercion in the immigrant camps.She became blind in her old age and died in 2002.
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