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Manya Wilbushevitz Shochat, 1879-1961, a biography which begins in Russia and progresses to the first collective of 1907 that she founded.
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"Manya Shochats exploits make the fantasies of modern feminists seem pale by comparison." -- Jewish Advocate, Boston, Mass.
This biography by Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi depicts the life of her friend, Manya Schochat, from her feisty childhood to her revolutionary adulthood. While growing up in Lososna, Russia, Schochat fed the hungry and bandaged the sick during Central Russia's great famine in 1898. She also helped organize a strike in 1902 which won workers higher wages and reduced work hours. In 1903 Schochat and some of her associates attempted to assassinate Minister of the Interior Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve (Count Plehve), the initiator of the Jewish massacres in 1903. When some of her accomplices were caught, Schochat fled Russia to the safety of Eretz Israel (the land of Israel before it became a state in 1948). In Eretz Israel, after witnessing Jewish farmers using cheap Arab labor while unemployed Jewish workers lived in subhuman conditions, Schochat vowed to establish collective settlements managed by the Jews themselves so that the country could become truly a Jewish nation. She sought support from around the world, but few agreed with her ideas. Nevertheless, her first collective was established in 1907. Due to its success, collectives or kibbutzes thrive in Israel today. This biography is an important addition for those interested in the roots of modem Israel as well as Israel's early feminist leader, Manya Schochat. -- From Independent Publisher
This biography by Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi depicts the life of her friend, Manya Schochat, from her feisty childhood to her revolutionary adulthood. While growing up in Lososna, Russia, Schochat fed the hungry and bandaged the sick during Central Russia's great famine in 1898. She also helped organize a strike in 1902 which won workers higher wages and reduced work hours. In 1903 Schochat and some of her associates attempted to assassinate Minister of the Interior Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve (Count Plehve), the initiator of the Jewish massacres in 1903. When some of her accomplices were caught, Schochat fled Russia to the safety of Eretz Israel (the land of Israel before it became a state in 1948). In Eretz Israel, after witnessing Jewish farmers using cheap Arab labor while unemployed Jewish workers lived in subhuman conditions, Schochat vowed to establish collective settlements managed by the Jews themselves so that the country could become truly a Jewish nation. She sought support from around the world, but few agreed with her ideas. Nevertheless, her first collective was established in 1907. Due to its success, collectives or kibbutzes thrive in Israel today. This biography is an important addition for those interested in the roots of modem Israel as well as Israel's early feminist leader, Manya Schochat. -- From Independent Publisher
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- PublisherBiblio Press
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0930395077
- ISBN 13 9780930395070
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