David Lvovich

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David Lvovich (1882-1950), [1] known by the pseudonym Davidovich, was a Russian-Jewish politician. Lvovich was one of the main leaders of the Zionist Socialist Workers Party (SS).

He was born in southern Russia. [2] Lvovich's involvement in radical politics began in 1903, as after a visit to Minsk where he acquinted the Poalei Zion movement. [2] He visited Palestine in 1905, and following this visit he embraced territorialism. [2] He became a member of the SS Odessa Party Committee and led the SS Self-Defense Unit during the October 1905 pogrom. [2]

In 1907 Lvovich represented SS at the congress of the Second International in Stuttgart. [2] In 1908 he and other SS leaders settled in Vienna, where they formed a commune of sorts (nick-named 'the hunger commune' due to their limited resources). [3]

Lvovich stayed in the United States during the First World War, but returned to Russia to contest the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. [4] Lvovich, now a leader of the United Jewish Socialist Workers Party (Fareynikte), was elected as a deputy from the Kherson constituency as a candidate on the Socialist-Revolutionary list. [5]

Moving away from partisan politics, Lvovich opted for concentrating his energies to build the ORT movement in Russia. [2] In 1919 he left Russia and together with Leon Bramson he sought to build the ORT movement internationally. [2] Lvovich moved to Berlin in 1921. [1] In 1921 he co-founded the World ORT. [2] In 1932 he moved to Paris where he stayed until 1939, after which he emigrated to the United States. [1] In 1937 he became the Vice Chairman of World ORT, in 1946 becoming its co-president. [2]

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Lvovich organized occupational training activities in displaced persons' camps. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Geoffrey Wigoder (1970). The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia. W. H. Allen. p. 1249. ISBN   9780491003643.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fred Skolnik; Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Macmillan Reference USA. p. 292. ISBN   978-0-02-865941-1.
  3. ↑ Tamar Lewinsky; Sandrine Mayoraz (14 October 2013). East European Jews in Switzerland. De Gruyter. p. 48. ISBN   978-3-11-030071-0.
  4. ↑ Leon Shapiro (April 1980). The history of ORT: a Jewish movement for social change. Schocken Books. p. 87. ISBN   9780805237399.
  5. ↑ Union of Russian Jews (1969). Russian Jewry, 1917-1967. T. Yoseloff. p. 42. ISBN   9780498069567.
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