Chaim Boger
Chaim Boger ( Hebrew חיים בוגר; * September 25, 1876 in Chernihivka in Tauria , Russian Empire , as Chaim Bograschow ; † June 8, 1963 in Tel Aviv , Israel ) was an Israeli educator and politician who was a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1955 .
Life
Boger attended a grammar school in what was then the Russian Empire, studied the Torah with his father and his uncle, Rabbi Aron Bograschow, and from 1901 studied at the University of Bern with Ludwig Stein , Alfred Philippson and Karl Marti . He later also obtained a doctorate in philosophy in Bern. He then worked in Russian schools as a Hebrew teacher.
He was one of the leaders of the organization "Zionists for Zion", which opposed the British Uganda plan , which provided for a Jewish state in East Africa. He attended several Zionist congresses and in 1906 moved to what was then Ottoman Palestine . He supported the establishment of the Hebrew Herzliya Grammar School in Tel Aviv , where he was one of the first teachers to teach and where he was director from 1919 to 1951.
After the First World War he founded the Nordia district in Tel Aviv for homeless people. From 1921 to 1930 he was a member of the Assembly of Representatives of the Mandate Palestine and a member of the Tel Aviv City Council.
In the 1951 elections he was elected to the second Knesset from the list of General Zionists.
Boger died in 1963 and was buried in Tel Aviv; later a street was named after him there ( Bograshov Street).
Web links
- Chaim Boger on the Knesset website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boger, Chaim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bograschow, Chaim (maiden name); חיים בוגר (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli educator and politician (Knesset) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chernihivka , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1963 |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv , Israel |