1. Zalman Shazar was an Israeli politician, author and poet.
14 Facts About Zalman Shazar
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Zalman Shazar remained involved with Chabad for the rest of his life, assisting Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe in founding the village of Kfar Chabad, and at his behest, allowed the religious community in Israel to set up their own educational system.
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Zalman Shazar later corresponded with the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and visited him on multiple occasions.
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Zalman Shazar worked as a translator in a Zionist publishing house.
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Zalman Shazar visited Palestine in 1911 but returned to Russia to serve in the army.
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Zalman Shazar was married to Rachel Katznelson-Zalman Shazar, with whom he had one daughter.
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Zalman Shazar died on October 5,1974, and was buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.
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Zalman Shazar served as the editor-in-chief of the Israeli newspaper Davar from 1944 to 1949.
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Zalman Shazar was elected to the first Knesset in 1949 as a member of Mapai, and was appointed Minister of Education in David Ben-Gurion's first government.
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Zalman Shazar was not a member of Ben-Gurion's second cabinet, but retained his seat in the 1951 and 1955 elections.
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Zalman Shazar became a member of the Jewish Agency Executive in 1952.
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Zalman Shazar resigned from the Knesset in 1956, and from 1956 to 1960 was acting chairman of the Jewish Agency's Jerusalem Executive.
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Zalman Shazar was re-elected for a second term in 1968.
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In 1969, Zalman Shazar sent one of 73 Apollo 11 Goodwill Messages to NASA for the historic first lunar landing.