Stella Levy

Stella Levy was born in 1924 in Syria

Stella Levy was born in Syria in 1924 and moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1929. She grew up in Haifa and attended the Hebrew Reali School there. She later studied psychology at the University of Haifa and political science and art at Tel Aviv University.

As a young woman she joined the Haganah, and from 1942 to 1946 she served in the Communications Corps of the British Army. In 1948 she completed the first IDF officers' course and commanded the Women's Corps platoon of the Carmel Brigade. She headed the Women's Corps in the Northern Command from 1951 and commanded the whole Women's Corps from 1964 to 1970.

From 1970 she served as a military emissary at the Israeli embassy in Washington. She left the army in 1974 with the rank of colonel. That year she helped set up the Civil Guard of the Israel Police and served in it until 1976.

In 1977 she was among the founders of the Democratic Movement for Change. She entered the Knesset in February 1981 in place of Stef Wertheimer and sat with the Shinui faction until the Knesset dissolved. She was later public complaints commissioner of Ramat HaSharon and a member of the Zionist Executive Committee.

She was named an honored citizen of Ramat HaSharon in 1997. She died on 19 July 1999 and was buried in Haifa. In 2022 Ramat HaSharon named a street after her.