Shlomo Kaplansky
Shlomo Kaplansky (Hebrew: שלמה קפלנסקי) (b. 7 March 1884 in Białystok, d. 7 December 1950 in Haifa)[1] was a Labour Zionist politician, who served as the Secretary of the World Union of Poalei Zion.[2]
In the summer of 1920 Poalei Zion sent Kaplansky to London, in order to conduct propaganda efforts within the British labour movement. By that year the affiliation of Poalei Zion to the British Labour Party had ceased, and Poalei Zion had started to function as an independent party in the country.[3] Along with David Ben-Gurion, he had contacts with both Labour and the Independent Labour Party. He collaborated with the Independent Labour Party in setting up the Vienna International.[4]
Kaplansky was appointed as the Director of Technion in 1931. Under Kaplansky's leadership Technion was developed into a technological university of Central European type.[5]
References
- ^ Gorni, Yosef. The British Labour Movement and Zionism, 1917-1948. London, England: F. Cass, 1983. p. 6
- ^ Friedman, Isaiah. Germany, Turkey, and Zionism 1897-1918. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1998. p. 269
- ^ Gorni, Yosef. The British Labour Movement and Zionism, 1917-1948. London, England: F. Cass, 1983. p. 25
- ^ Gorni, Yosef. The British Labour Movement and Zionism, 1917-1948. London, England: F. Cass, 1983. p. 27
- ^ Patai, Raphael. Journeyman in Jerusalem: Memories and Letters, 1933-1947. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2000. p. 339