caption resting_place death_date death_place birth_place birth_date alt known_for image article_title birth_name
nahum benari , 1950 ein -rsb- harod meuchad , israel -lsb- http://www.pikholz.org/cemetery/nbenari_eharodm.html tombstone picture 24 december 1963 israel lebedyn , ukraine 03 january 1893 picture of nahum benari , 1950 promoting many israeli cultural initiatives in the 1940s-50s nahum benari portrait.jpg nahum benari
 nahum brodski
nahum benari

nahum benari -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- january 3 , 1893 -- december 24 , 1963 -rrb- was an israeli writer and an intellectual .
he is known mainly for promoting many israeli cultural initiatives , primarily in the 1940s-50s , through his position as a member of the management body of the histadrut -lrb- abbreviation for lit .
the general federation of laborers in the land of israel -rrb- .
benari was a prolific writer , who wrote on several subjects in various genres : treatises , pamphlets , plays , and more ; about kibbutz and zionist ideals and practices ; about the making of ceremonies and festivals for sabbath , holidays , and memorial days ; about philosophy ; and about stories and thoughts aroused by the day to day reality of the yishuv and israel in its first years .
moreover , he translated books of other authors and edited books and journals .
he was a man of creative imagination who could translate ideas and thoughts about culture and education into actions .
