Yeshayahu Press (March 2, 1874 – June 11, 1955) was a prominent researcher of the land of Israel and educator, who was born and lived most of his life in Jerusalem.[1] He wrote the first volumes of the four-volume Topographical-Historical Encyclopedia of the Land of Israel (1947/48-1954/55).[2] During Ottoman and then British rule in Palestine, Press served as the first Secretary of the (Jewish) Teachers' Union , helped establish the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society,[3] taught and worked as a school principal, served as President of the Bnei Brit Chamber and helped create a Bnei Brit fund for building houses, was among the founders of the Zichron Moshe neighbourhood in Jerusalem, and so forth.[2] With the 1948 founding of the modern state of Israel, Press was among the driving force behind the establishment of the "Government Naming Committee" in 1949.
Yeshayahu Press | |
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| Born | 2 March 1874 |
| Died | 11 June 1955 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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| Notable work | The Book of Travels in Eretz Israel and Southern Syria (1921) |
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Yeshayahu Press was the son of Haim Press , a linguist and newspaper man who lived in Jerusalem and contributed to the revival of the Hebrew language, and Sarah, a teacher at the girls' school founded by Moses Montefiore.[4]
Press was the author of several books, including the travel guide "The Book of Travels in Eretz Israel and Southern Syria", published in Hebrew and German in 1921.[2]
Legacy
editMoshav Givat Yeshayahu[1] and a Jerusalem street are named after him.
References
edit- ^ a b Meron Benvenisti (2000). Sacred Landscape: Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948. University of California Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-520-21154-4. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ a b c "Press, Yeshayahu" (in Hebrew). Rishon LeZion Museum, The Family Album website. Accessed 6 Feb 2024.
- ^ "Yeshayahu Press has Gone the Way of the World" (in Hebrew), Davar (12 June 1955) at Israel National Library website. Revisited Feb 2024.
- ^ Tidhar, David (1947). "Haim Press"; "Sarah Press". In Entsiklopedyah le-halutse ha-yishuv u-vonav, lit. 'Encyclopedia of the pioneers and builders of the Yishuv' (in Hebrew, with in-built Google Translate option). Vol. 1, p. 287. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. Accessed 6 Feb 2024.
