Ze'ev Shefer

Ze'ev Shefer was born in 1891 in Uman

Ze'ev Shefer was born Ze'ev Feinstein in Uman in the Russian Empire in 1891. He went to a Russian school in Chișinău. In 1913 he moved to Ottoman Palestine, where he joined the Tzeiri Zion group and later Hapoel Hatzair.

He served on the central committee of Poale HaIvri and volunteered for the Jewish Legion in 1917. He was among the founders of Ahdut HaAvoda in 1919 and helped found kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in 1920. In 1921 he took part in founding the Histadrut.

In 1929 he became secretary of the Tel Aviv Workers Council and a Tel Aviv city council member. From 1933 to 1939 he worked in Poland for HeHalutz and Aliyah Bet. In 1939 he became secretary of Mapai and joined the British Army, serving until 1945.

In 1951 he was elected to the Knesset for Mapai and served as Deputy Speaker. In 1952 he was among the founders of Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzim. He lost his seat in 1955 and died in Safed in 1964 after a heart attack, and was buried at Ayelet HaShahar.