Shlomo Ginossar (October 16, 1889 – January 1, 1969) was a Zionist activist and Israeli diplomat.
Biography edit
He was born in Odessa, Ukraine. Shlomo Ginzberg, (later Ginossar) immigrated with his family from Russian to the Ottoman Empire as a young man. He was the son of Ahad Ha'am.
His future wife, Rosa, was the daughter of family friends.[1] In 1910, they studied at the University of Paris together and married in Switzerland in 1917.[2]
He was the chief Administrator of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israel's Ambassador to Italy from 1959 until 1961.[3][4]
Ginossar was a resident of Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood.[5] He died in Tel Aviv.
References edit
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2 ed., vol. 7, Ginossar (Née Hacohen), Rosa, Macmillan Reference USA, 2007, pp. 607-608
- ^ Katvan, Eyal; Halperin-Kaddari, Ruth. "Rosa Ginossar". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Italy". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Rites Held in Jerusalem for Shlomo Ginossar, Son of Achad Haam; Dies at 79". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Jerusalem's Rehavia Celebrates a Century – and Fears for Its Future, Haaretz