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Hadgadya
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Hadgadya

Israeli painter (1895–1982)

Miriam Nissimholtz, known as Had Gadya (Hebrew: מרים חד גדיא; 1895 – 1982), an Israeli painter born in Russia, was the first female student in Bezalel School of Art. She was one of the founders of the Tomer.2

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Born 1895, died 1982.1

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedBezalel School of Arts and Crafts3

Early life

Nissenholtz was born in Russia and grew up in the village of Kodma near Odessa, to a Zionist pharmacist family. After a short marriage and receiving dowry funds from her parents, she studied pharmacy. Following an exhibition of Bezalel School in 1911 in Odessa, she traveled to the Land of Israel and began studying in Bezalel, she was the first woman to do so.

According to Nissenholtz's testimony, she was the one who coined the nickname "Had Gadya" due to her agility in climbing the hills of Jerusalem similarly to a kid (a baby goat). In 1917, following World War I, she fled to Alexandria because she did not have Ottoman citizenship at the time. In Egypt, she met Raphael Haim Abulafia, a member of the Abulafia family from Rishon LeZion. The couple had two daughters, Shlomit and Ora, and they lived in Tel Aviv. After about 14 years of marriage, the couple separated.

In 1920, she along with Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel, Lev Halperin, Joseph Constant, his wife and Jacob Peereman founded the HaTomer art cooperative.

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Career

Occupation: painter.5

Personal life

  • Born1895, Russian Empire6
  • Died1982, Tel Aviv7
  • CitizenshipIsrael8
  • SpouseRefaʼel Abulafia9

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