HERSHL
PINSKI (1900-1934)
He was born in Pinsk. He attended religious elementary school and
public school, and later he was active in the right Labor Zionist movement and
in Haḥaluts (The
pioneer). In 1925 he made aliya to the
land of Israel, and until late 1929 he worked on the land. Over the years 1930-1932, he went on
assignment for Mapai (Workers’ Party in the Land of Israel) to Poland, before
returning to Israel. From 1933 until his
death, he served as secretary of Mapai in Haifa. He published articles on Zionist and youth
issues in: Folk un land (People and
nation), Bafrayung (Liberation), Bafrayung-arbeter shtime
(Liberation-Voice of labor), Hakhaluts
(in Yiddish), and Dos vort (The
word), as well as other Labor Zionist publications in Poland. In addition, he placed work in Davar (Word) and Hapoel hatsair (Young laborer), among other serials, in Tel
Aviv. He died in Haifa.
Sources:
Toyzent yor pinsk (1000 years of
Pinsk), ed. Tzvien (New York, 1941), see index; Ḥaim Gvati, Gvat,
mekorot vekorot (Gvat, sources and history) (1955).
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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