Abba Hushi was born in 1898 in Turkah (today in Ukraine) as Abba Shneler to a Jewish family. Abba was one of the founders and activists of Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland.
In July 1920 he came to the British Mandate of Palestine as part of a group of 130 "pioneers". He worked in road construction and swamp draining and was one of founders of Kibbutz Beit Alpha . He also participated in the Founding Convention of the Histadrut.
In 1927 he moved to Haifa and became a member of Achdut HaAvoda political party and afterwards a member of Mapai, and a central figure in both. He was the Secretary of the Haifa Workers Council between 1931-1951.
In the State of Israel Abba Hushi was a member of the Knesset between 1949 and 1951, when he resigned to become mayor of Haifa. As mayor, he founded the University of Haifa, the Haifa Theatre , the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, and the Carmelit (Haifa's subway). He served as a mayor of Haifa between 1951-1969. He died in March 24 1969.
Abba Hushi is the father-in-law of another member of the Knesset - Amnon Linn.
Publications
- Tzadok Eshel's "Aba Khoushy - Man of Haifa".
- Abba Hushi, “In the House of the Workers of Israel” (1943) (Heb)
See also
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