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Ephraim Tabory

Ephraim Tabory was a Zionist activist and Mapai politician who served in the Knesset from 1949 to 1955.

1900 to 1957Mapai member of the first KnessetsLabor activism in Tel AvivOpposing a formal constitutionBeit Tabory cultural center

Born: 10 September 1900, Tulchyn
Died: 7 April 1957, Tel Aviv
Occupation: politician
Party: Mapai

Ephraim Tabory was born in 1900 in Tulchyn

Ephraim Tabory was born Ephraim Popik in Tulchyn, in the Russian Empire. He received a traditional and general education. He was active in Socialist Zionist movements and was arrested by the Soviet authorities for it.

In 1924 he moved to Mandatory Palestine and worked for the Tel Aviv municipality. From 1927 he was secretary of the Tel Aviv branch of Ahdut HaAvoda, and from 1929 he sat on the Tel Aviv Workers Council. He also served in the Assembly of Representatives.

He married Ruth London, and they had one daughter, Esther. In 1949 he was elected to the first Knesset for Mapai and was re-elected in 1951. In the Knesset he opposed adopting a formal constitution.

He lost his seat in the 1955 elections. He died on 7 April 1957 and was buried in Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery. That year the Histadrut opened a cultural center in Tel Aviv named Beit Tabory in his memory.