Leib Yaffe was a Hebrew poet, journalist and editor of Haaretz

Haaretz

Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...

 newspaper.

Leib Yaffe was born in Grodno, Belarus. A lifelong champion of the Zionist cause, he immigrated to Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

, where he became chief editor of Haaretz. He served as director-general of Keren Hayesod

Keren Hayesod

Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal is the central fundraising organization for Israel, with operations in 45 countries. The work of Keren Hayesod is carried out in accordance with the Keren Hayesod Law, 5716-1956, passed by the Knesset in January 1956...

 until March 11, 1948, when he and 12 others were killed by a car bomb in the courtyard of the Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem.

A street is named after him in Jerusalem's Talpiot

Talpiot

Talpiot , is a neighborhood in southeast Jerusalem, Israel, established in 1922 by Zionist pioneers.-Etymology:The name Talpiot derives from a verse in Song of Songs 4:4 – "Thy neck is like the tower of David, built with turrets." According to rabbinic sources, Talpiot refers to the Temple...

neighborhood, as well as in Herzliya, Israel.

Externak Links

• The personal papers of Leib Yaffe are kept at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem