Ya'akov Winschel
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Ya'akov Winschel

Israeli doctor, Zionist activist, and writer1

Ya'akov Winschel (Hebrew: יעקב וינשל), sometimes written as Weinschel (ויינשל) (1891–1981) was an Israeli doctor, book writer and essayist, and Revisionist Zionist politician.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Ya'akov Winschel (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1891, died Dec 1, 1980.1

About

Ya'akov Winschel was born in Tiflis, then in Georgia, Russian Empire, now Tbilisi, to the family of Ze'ev Winschel, a physician. Late his family moved to Baku. He studied medicine in Munich, Geneva and Dorpat (modern-day Tartu, Estonia) and was active in youth Zionist organizations, in particular, in editing their newspapers.

He was a founder of Leumit Health Care Services.

In 1968, he was a recipient of the Jabotinsky Prize for Literature.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ya'akov Winschel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Companies

Career

Occupation: physician, writer.4

Personal life

  • Born1891, Tbilisi5
  • CitizenshipIsrael6