page_title: Abba Hushi
section_title: "Hapoel" Organization
hierarchical_section_title: Abba Hushi / Biography / Activity for the Histadrut in Haifa / Secretary of the Haifa Workers Council / "Hapoel" Organization
caption_attribution_description: English: Abba Hushi with "The Organizer's Division." עברית: אנשי פלוגות הפועל בחיפה עם אבא חושי ויוסף אלמוגי
context_page_description: Abba Hushi was an Israeli politician who served as mayor of Haifa for eighteen years between 1951 and 1969. Hushi was one of the founders and activists of Hashomer Hatzair movement in Poland. In July 1920, he immigrated to then British Mandate of Palestine with a group of 130 Jewish pioneers. There he took the Hebrew surname "Hushi" ["speedy"], a translation of his original name, Schneller. He built roads and drained swamps, and helped to found kibbutz Beit Alfa. He was one of the founding members of the Histadrut labor federation. In 1927, he settled in Haifa and joined the Ahdut HaAvoda party, which later merged with Mapai. He was secretary of the Haifa Workers Council from 1931 to 1951. Hushi was elected to Israel's first Knesset in 1949 as a member of Mapai. Before the 1951 elections, he left the government to become mayor of Haifa. As mayor, he helped to found the University of Haifa, the Haifa Theatre, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, the Mane-Katz Museum and the Carmelit.
  Abba Hushi was the father-in-law of Knesset member Amnon Linn.
context_section_description: One of the first organizations that Hushi supported in Haifa was the Hapoel sports club. He was assisted by members of the organization "The Organizer's Division," in order to protect the institution of, and obedience to, the Histadrut and the Workers Council.
caption: Abba Hushi with members of "The Organizer's Division."
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