Ari Ankorion

Ari Ankorion was born in 1908 in Kalvarija

Ari Ankorion was born Ari Wolowitzky in Kalvarija in 1908. He studied at a heder and a Hebrew school. He then studied law at the university in Kaunas, where he joined the Zionist Students Organisation and was active in socialist Zionist groups.

In 1933 he moved to Mandatory Palestine and worked as a lawyer in Jerusalem. He served on the Mapai secretariat in the city and wrote for Davar. From 1936 he studied at the London School of Economics and earned a doctorate.

From 1940 to 1946 he was legal advisor to Hevrat Ovdim, and he represented Histadrut activists in court for many years. In 1962 he represented Robert Soblen. He headed a committee against the black market during the austerity period and chaired the Israel-America Friendship League.

He entered the Knesset in July 1965, replacing Moshe Sharett, and lost his seat later that year. He returned in February 1969 after the death of Levi Eshkol and was reelected in 1969 and 1973. He chaired the Knesset House Committee and lost his seat in 1977. He died in 1986.