Politicsזכריה גלוסקא

Zecharia Glosca

Zecharia Glosca was a Yemenite Jewish trade unionist and Israeli politician who served in the Knesset for the Yemenite Association from 1949 to 1951.

1894 to 1960Yemenite Association Knesset memberFounding the Young Mizrahi FederationFundraising for Yemenite immigrants

Died: 19 September 1960, Israel
Occupation: politician, trade unionist
Party: Yemenite Association, The Young Worker

Zecharia Glosca was born in 1894 in Yemen

Glosca was born in Yemen and moved to Palestine in 1909. His family settled in Neve Tzedek in Tel Aviv, and he received a traditional education in a heder.

He worked in a factory and as a laborer in the orchards around Petah Tikva. He joined Hapoel Hatzair in 1911 and was one of the first members of the Histadrut.

He helped found the Young Mizrahi Federation and became its chairman in 1925. He was elected to the Assembly of Representatives in 1922 and served there until 1928.

As an envoy of the Yemenite Association, he raised funds in Egypt and the United States. He returned in 1949, led the party's list in that year's elections and won its only seat. In 1951 Shimon Garidi headed the list, and Glosca lost his seat.

He died in Montreal on 19 September 1960 during a fundraising trip for the absorption of Yemenite immigrants.