Shmuel Dayan
Shmuel Dayan ( Hebrew שמואל דיין; * August 8, 1891 in Shaschkiv ; † August 11, 1968 in Nahalal ) was an Israeli writer and politician. He was one of the founders of the moshav movement. His son Moshe Dajan is considered one of the most important Israeli generals and one of the founding fathers of Israel .
Dajan immigrated to what was then Ottoman Palestine during the second Aliyah in 1908 . In 1911 he joined HaPoel HaZair, a socialist-Zionist party, a forerunner of the Labor Party . He was one of the first settlers in Kibbutz Degania . On September 11, 1921, he was co-founder of Moshav Nahalal. As one of the leading figures in the moshav movement, he was sent to Poland , Switzerland and the United States several times .
After the establishment of the State of Israel , he was a member of the Knesset for the first three terms of the Labor Party . In the third term, he served as deputy spokesman for the Knesset.
Shmuel Dajan is the grandfather of the writer and politician Jael Dajan and the director Asaf "Assi" Dayan .
Web links
- Shmuel Dajan in the Jewish Virtual Library (English)
- Shmuel Dajan on the Knesset website
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| SURNAME | Dajan, Shmuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dayan, Shmuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli writer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shashkiv |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 1968 |
| Place of death | Nahalal |