Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( (
November 24,
1884 –
April 23,
1963) was a historian,
Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest serving
President of Israel.Born in
Poltava,
Ukraine, Ben-Zvi was the eldest son of Zvi Shimshelevitz, who later took the name Shimshi. He was active in the
Jewish self-defense units organized in Ukraine to defend Jews during the
pogroms of
1905, and joined the
Poalei Zion (Workers of Zion) Zionist political party. He emigrated to
Palestine in
1907, and settled in
Jaffa, where he helped organize the
HaShomer self-defense unit in the country. In
1909, he organized the Gymnasia High School in
Jerusalem together with Rachel Yannait.
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