1. Ruth Dayan was an Israeli social activist who was the founder of the Maskit fashion house.
16 Facts About Ruth Dayan
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Ruth Dayan was the first wife of Israeli Foreign Minister and General, Moshe Dayan.
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Active in many social causes, Dayan was a recipient of the Israeli President's Medal of Distinction, the Solomon Bublick Award, and the Yigal Allon Prize, in recognition of her social empowerment efforts.
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Ruth Dayan's parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who were part of the Second Aliyah.
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Ruth Dayan's sister married Ezer Weizman, nephew of Chaim Weizmann.
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Ruth Dayan died on 5 February 2021 at her home in Tel Aviv.
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Ruth Dayan was 103, one month and one day short of her 104th birthday.
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In 1954, Ruth Dayan founded Maskit, a fashion and decorative arts house that provided her with a way of creating jobs for new immigrants and preserving Jewish ethnic crafts and culture of the various communities living in Israel.
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In 1955, Ruth Dayan met fashion designer Finy Leitersdorf, who designed clothes and accessories for Maskit for 15 years.
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However, some of the designs from Maskit were picked up by designer Sharon Tal, when Ruth Dayan collaborated with her when Tal returned from London after having worked there for British designer Alexander McQueen.
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Ruth Dayan was an advocate of peaceful relations between Israel and Palestine.
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Ruth Dayan worked on behalf of new immigrants, the rights of Bedouins, and women's causes.
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Ruth Dayan was a lifelong friend of Palestinian poet and nationalist Raymonda Tawil, mother of Suha Arafat, who in 1990 became the wife of PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
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Ruth Dayan was a member of charity initiatives including founding Variety Israel, which supported abandoned children and children with disabilities.
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Ruth Dayan was a recipient of the Yigal Allon Prize, President's Medal of Distinction, the Solomon Bublick Award from the Hebrew University, and an honorary doctorate from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
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In 2010, Ruth Dayan was awarded honorary citizenship by the Israeli town of Herzliya.