MOSHE-ELIEZER BEN-ANAT (October 15, 1902-July 7, 1953)
The adopted name of Moyshe Breynhelder, he was born in Brisk
(Brześć), Lithuania. His father, Yehude, came from a
scholar-businessman family. His mother,
Tsipora, was the daughter of the Brisk rabbi, R. Naftali Goldfarb. He attended religious elementary school, as
well as a “cheder metukan” (improved religious elementary school), a public
high school, and for two years he studied law at Warsaw University. He was a supporter of Poale-Tsiyon, one of
the founders of Hachalutz (Pioneer) movement, and a member of the Warsaw
Student Association. He was a regular
contributor to Polyeser shtime (Voice of Polese) in Brisk. He wrote for such Zionist socialist organs as
Bafrayung (Liberation), Arbeter-vort (Workers’ word), and Yidishe
yugnt (Jewish youth). He made aliya
to Israel in 1925. He was active in a
variety of organizations involving the labor movement in Palestine, and he contributed
the Hebrew press. He died in Tel Aviv.
Sources:
D. Tidhar, in Entsiklopedyah leḥalutse hayishuv uvonav (Encyclopedia of
the founders and builders of Israel) (Tel Aviv, 1947-1971).
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