Shlomo Ginossar

Shlomo Ginossar, (October 16, 1889, Odessa, Ukraine – January 1, 1969, Tel Aviv) was a Zionist activist and Israeli diplomat.

Biography

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]

References
  1. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2 ed., vol. 7, Ginossar (Née Hacohen), Rosa, Macmillan Reference USA, 2007, pp. 607-608
  2. Katvan, Eyal; Halperin-Kaddari, Ruth. "Rosa Ginossar". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  3. "Italy". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. "Rites Held in Jerusalem for Shlomo Ginossar, Son of Achad Haam; Dies at 79". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. Jerusalem's Rehavia Celebrates a Century – and Fears for Its Future, Haaretz]
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