Arbeter-ring in Yisroel - Brith Haavoda
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The Arbeter-ring in Yisroel – Brith Haavoda is the Israel
i branch of the International Jewish Labor Bund
, launched in 1951.
Since 2006 the present secretary has been Josef Fraind, who immigrated to Israel from Warsaw
in 1952.
, under the name Socialist Union, but failed to win a seat with only 1,322 votes (0.1%).
, Life questions), founded in May 1951 by Isachar Artuski, the responsible editor was Ben-Zion ("Bentsl") Tsalevitsh (1883-1967), who came to Palestine in 1922. Since Artuski's death in November 1971 the editor has been Yitskhok Luden.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i branch of the International Jewish Labor Bund
International Jewish Labor Bund
The International Jewish Labor Bund is a New York-based international Jewish socialist organization, based on the legacy of the General Jewish Labour Bund founded in the Russian empire in 1897 and the Polish Bund that was active in the interwar years. The IJLB is composed by local Bundist groups...
, launched in 1951.
Secretaries
Its first secretary was Isachar (Oskar) Artuski (real name: Eichenbaum/Aykhenboym, 1903 or 1908-1971), a former Polish Communist who had joined the Bund in 1935. He was also the founder and first editor of Lebns Fragn (see below) and a correspondent of an American Trotskyist magazine “Labor Action”.Since 2006 the present secretary has been Josef Fraind, who immigrated to Israel from Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
in 1952.
Other
Bella Bryks-Klein has been the Director of Cultural Events and Library since January 2007 to the present.Electoral participation
The Israeli Bund chapter presented a list at the 1959 Knesset electionIsraeli legislative election, 1959
Elections for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November 1959. Voter turnout was 81.5%.-Results:¹ The General Zionists and the Progressive Party merged to form the Liberal Party....
, under the name Socialist Union, but failed to win a seat with only 1,322 votes (0.1%).
Lebns Fragn
The Israeli Bundist magazine is לעבנס־פֿראַגן (Lebns FragnLebns Fragn
Lebns Fragn is a Yiddish, Bundist-orientated magazine, published bimonthly in Israel. It was founded in May 1951 by Isachar Artuski, the responsible editor was Ben-Zion Tsalevitsh , who came to Palestine in 1922. Since Artuski's death in November 1971 the editor is Yitskhok Luden.-External...
, Life questions), founded in May 1951 by Isachar Artuski, the responsible editor was Ben-Zion ("Bentsl") Tsalevitsh (1883-1967), who came to Palestine in 1922. Since Artuski's death in November 1971 the editor has been Yitskhok Luden.
Iconography
Filmography
- Bundists in Israel (Bundaiim), 2007 (director: Eran Turbiner), see the synopsis page on the website bundism.net and the director's short bio on the same site
- "The Bund: Utopia For Real", 1998(?) (Director: Izzy Abrahami), "From the members of the Israeli Bund club in Tel Aviv we hear of the oppression the Bundists have suffered in Zionist Israel..." For more information