Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Israelis Pay Tribute to Zalman Shazar on His 70th Birthday
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Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar was a Belarusian-born Israeli politician, author and poet. Shazar served as the president of Israel for two terms, from 1963 to 1973.
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culture · President of Israel from 1963 to 1973 · politician · journalist · writer · poet · also Zalman Shazar, Shneur Zalman Rubashov, Shneiur Zalman Robshov, Shazar
Born 22 December 1889 · Died 5 October 1974 · Q299100
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Election of Zalman Shazar by Knesset As Israel Precident is Assumed
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1974· 1 entry
Died 1974-10-05.
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1969· 1 entry
Shazar sent one of 73 Apollo 11 Goodwill Messages to NASA for the historic first lunar landing
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1966· 2 entries
Awarded Bialik Prize (1966).
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Shazar was the co-recipient (jointly with Israel Efrat) of the Bialik Prize for literature
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1964· 1 entry
When Pope Paul VI visited Israel, Shazar read to him the verse in Micah stating that though other nations might follow other gods, “we will walk in the Name of our Lord God forever”
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1963· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Israel (1963–1973).
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1956· 1 entry
And from 1956 to 1960 was acting chairman of the Jewish Agency's Jerusalem Executive
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1955–1956).
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1951· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1951–1955).
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1949· 2 entries
Career landmark: Knesset member (1949–1951).
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As a member of Mapai, and was appointed Minister of Education in David Ben-Gurion's first government
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1947· 1 entry
Was a member of the Jewish Agency's delegation to the negotiations for the UN partition plan for Palestine and played a key role in drafting Israel's Declaration of Independence
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1924· 1 entry
After his release, he immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine, settling in Tel Aviv, and became a member of the secretariat of the Histadrut
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1911· 1 entry
But returned to Russia to serve in the army
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1889· 1 entry
Born 1889-12-22.
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