Politicsאברהם טביב

Abraham Taviv

Avraham Taviv was a Yemenite-born Israeli politician and activist who founded the Yemenite Association and served in the first Knesset for Mapai.

1889 to 1950Founding the Yemenite AssociationActivism for Yemenite immigrantsMember of the first Knesset

Died: 20 April 1950, Israel
Occupation: politician, trade unionist
Party: Mapai, The Young Worker

Abraham Taviv was born in 1889 in Yemen

Taviv was born in Yemen and received a religious Jewish education. He worked as a jeweler and repaired weapons.

He came to Palestine with the first caravan of immigrants from Yemen. He settled in Rishon LeZion, joined Hapoel Hatzair and worked among Yemenite immigrants. In 1918 he was elected to the village council.

He helped found four Yemenite neighborhoods and represented Yemenite settlers on the Jewish Agency's Aliyah Committee. In 1920 he took part in the founding convention of the Histadrut and was elected to the Assembly of Representatives. In 1923 he founded the Yemenite Association and led it until his death.

He joined Mapai in 1945 and was elected to the first Knesset in 1949. He died in office in 1950 and was replaced by Yitzhak Kanav. Streets in Petah Tikva and Kiryat Ata bear his name.