Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi

Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi
רחל ינאית בן-צבי
Ben-Zvi with her husband (centre) on a visit to Rehovot
Born
Golda Lishansky

May 1886[1]
Malyn, Radomyslsky Uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died16 November 1979(1979-11-16) (aged 93)
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Author, educator
Known for
  • Labor Zionist
  • First Lady of Israel
AwardsIsrael Prize (1978)

Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (Hebrew: רחל ינאית בן-צבי‎; May 1886[2] – 16 November 1979) was an Israeli author and educator, and a leading Labor Zionist. Ben-Zvi was the wife of the second President of Israel, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.

  1. ^ Grayzel, Solomon (1985). Jewish Book Annual. Jewish Book Council of the National Jewish Welfare Board. ISBN 9780914820147.
  2. ^ Grayzel, Solomon (1985). Jewish Book Annual. Jewish Book Council of the National Jewish Welfare Board. ISBN 9780914820147.