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Nachman Raz

Nachman Raz was an Israeli educator and kibbutz movement figure who served as a Knesset member for the Alignment from 1983 to 1988.

1924 to 2015Knesset member for the AlignmentChairing the Education and Culture CommitteeLeading Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzimTeaching and heading Ein Harod school

Born: 9 December 1924, Ein Harod
Died: 5 July 2015, Geva
Occupation: politician, educator
Party: Alignment
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Nachman Raz was born in 1924 in Ein Harod

Nachman Raz was born Nachman Rizhyk in Ein Harod in 1924. He went to school in kibbutz Geva. He trained as a teacher at the Beit Berl seminary and studied history and literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

From 1947 to 1948 he was secretary of the Noar HaOved youth movement. From 1950 to 1952 he served in the IDF as an education officer in the Nahal.

He worked as an instructor in immigrant settlements from 1954 to 1956. From 1958 to 1978 he was a teacher and headteacher at the school in Ein Harod. He served as secretary of Geva and, from 1973 to 1976, as secretary general of Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzim, and later sat on the secretariat of the United Kibbutz Movement.

A member of the Labor Party, he entered the Knesset in 1983 in place of Chaim Herzog. He was re-elected in 1984 and chaired the Education and Culture Committee, but lost his seat in 1988.

He was a member of kibbutz Geva and was buried there. He was married to Nira, an educator, and wrote the lyrics of a song performed by the Gevatron. He died in 2015.