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Yehezkel Hen

Yehezkel Hen was an Israeli educator and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai from 1951 to 1952.

1882 to 1952Teaching at Levinsky Teachers SeminaryMapai member of the KnessetHebrew education in the Histadrut

Died: 4 April 1952, Israel
Occupation: politician, educator
Party: Mapai

Yehezkel Hen was born in 1882 in Boryslav

Hen was born in Boryslav in 1882. As a child he received a religious education.

He studied at a teachers' seminary in Kiev. He then taught Hebrew in Jewish schools until they were closed by the Yevsektsiya.

In 1925 he moved to Mandatory Palestine. He worked as a teacher and as a supervisor in the Histadrut's educational institutions. From 1931 he taught at the Levinsky Teachers Seminary in Tel Aviv, mainly Bible and literature.

From 1944 to 1948 he was a member of the Assembly of Representatives for Mapai. In 1951 he was elected to the Knesset on the Mapai list and sat on the Education and Culture Committee.

He died on 4 April 1952 while still serving in the Knesset, and Rachel Tzabari took his seat. A scholarship fund in his memory gives prizes to Levinsky students in literature and Bible.