Haim Arlosoroff

Haim Arlosoroff
חיים ארלוזורוב
Born
Vitaly Arlozorov

(1899-02-23)23 February 1899
Died16 June 1933(1933-06-16) (aged 34)
Cause of deathAssassination by gunshot
Resting placeTrumpeldor Cemetery, Tel Aviv
CitizenshipRussia
EducationFrederick William University of Berlin
Occupation(s)Economist, writer and political activist
Political partyHapoel Hatzair, Mapai
Spouse(s)1919–1927 Gerda Goldberg
1927–1933 Sima Rubin
ChildrenShulamit Gurevich (née Arlosoroff; 1919–1997)
Shaʾul Arlosoroff (1930–2024)

Haim Arlosoroff (23 February 1899 – 16 June 1933; also known as Chaim Arlozorov; Hebrew: חיים ארלוזורוב) was a Socialist Zionist leader of the Yishuv during the British Mandate for Palestine, prior to the establishment of Israel, and head of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency. In 1933, Arlosoroff was assassinated while walking on the beach with his wife in Tel Aviv.