Ya'akov Winschel
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.[1][2]
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.[2]
He was a founder of Leumit Health Care Services.
In 1968, he was a recipient of the Jabotinsky Prize for Literature.[3]
References
- ↑ Вейншал, семья, Электронная еврейская энциклопедия, Russian-language version based on the Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia
- 1 2 Dr. Jacob Winschel
- ↑ Maariv, November 4, 1968