David Coren

David Coren was born in 1917 in Jerusalem

David Coren was born David Coronel in Jerusalem in 1917. He studied at the Rehavia Gymnasium and then went to a training group at Na'an. As a member of HaMahanot HaOlim, he lived in the movement's commune in Tel Aviv from 1936 to 1938.

He worked at the potash works in Sodom, where he met his future wife, Hana Fenet. In 1939 he was among the founders of kibbutz Beit HaArava, where he lived until 1948. In 1949 he moved to the Western Galilee and helped found kibbutz Gesher HaZiv.

When the Israeli Air Force was set up in 1948, he became head of its personnel department at the request of David Ben-Gurion. He was the Nahal education officer from 1951 to 1952. He then taught and served as principal at the Gesher HaZiv elementary school and founded the Sulam Tzur high school.

From 1959 to 1961 he headed the Youth and Nahal section of the Ministry of Defense. A member of Rafi and later Labor, he sat in the Knesset for the Alignment from 1969 to 1977. He also headed Sulam Tzur Regional Council and later served as deputy head of Mateh Asher Regional Council.

He helped found the Western Galilee College and was its president from 1985 to 2003. In 1994 he joined the delegation to the White House for the signing of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty. He died in 2011.