1. Shevah Weiss was an Israeli politician who served as Knesset Speaker under Yitzhak Rabin.
11 Facts About Shevah Weiss
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Shevah Weiss was Israel's ambassador to Poland and chairman of Yad Vashem.
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Shevah Weiss built bunk beds, one on top of the other, up to the ceiling.
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Shevah Weiss graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a BA in International Relations in 1961.
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Shevah Weiss went on to earn an MA in Political Science and contemporary Jewish studies and a PhD.
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Shevah Weiss was married to Esther, with whom he had two children.
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In 1975, Shevah Weiss he became a professor at the University of Haifa.
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Shevach Shevah Weiss was a lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Warsaw.
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Shevah Weiss served as a member of the board of the Haifa municipality between 1969 and 1981, when he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Alignment.
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On November 4,1995, Shevah Weiss was on stage with Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres at the peace rally in Tel Aviv where Rabin was assassinated.
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Shevah Weiss died on 3 February 2023 in Tel Aviv, at the age of 87.