Netiva Ben-Yehuda

Netiva Ben-Yehuda

Netiva Ben-Yehuda, 2008
Born (1928-07-26)26 July 1928
Tel Aviv
Died 28 February 2011(2011-02-28) (aged 82)
Residence Israel
Nationality Israeli
Occupation Author, Editor, and former soldier of the Palmach

Netiva Ben Yehuda (Hebrew: נתיבה בן-יהודה‎‎, b. July 1928, Tel Aviv – d. 28 February 2011) was an Israeli author, editor and media personality. She was a commander in the pre-state Jewish underground, Palmach.

Biography

Netiva ("Tiva") Ben Yehuda was born in Tel Aviv, in Mandate Palestine, on 26 July 1928. Her father was Baruch Ben-Yehuda, director general of the first Israeli ministry of education.[1] She joined the Palmach at the age of 19 and was trained in demolition, bomb disposal, topography, and scouting. Her duties included transferring ammunition, escorting convoys, and training recruits. She commanded a sapper unit,[2] and fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[3] She left the army in 1949.

Ben-Yehuda considered competing in discus throwing at the Olympics, but a bullet injury to her arm kept her from pursuing an athletic career.[1] She studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Ben Yehuda was a freelance editor, and in 1972 published The World Dictionary of Hebrew Slang. Between 1981 and 1991 she published her Palmah trilogy, a series of three novels based on her own experience in the War of Independence (see "Published works").[4] She was a resident of Palmach Street in the capital, and the local cafe she patronized on that street became known as "Cafe Netiva." [5]

Ben Yehuda died on 28 February 2011 at the age of 82.

Literary and media career

Ben Yehuda wrote over 30 books, including a Hebrew slang dictionary, coauthored with Dahn Ben-Amotz. Ben-Yehuda was the host of a late-night Israel Radio show for 14 years. She played old-time Israeli songs and talked with callers.[5]

Awards and honours

Quotes

On the subject of the Palmach: "I don't think that there has ever been any other underground movement in the world in which 'male chauvinism' triumphed so powerfully and so proudly".[7]

Published works

References

  1. 1 2 Feldman, Yael (1 January 2000). "Hebrew Gender and Zionist Ideology: The Palmach Trilogy of Netiva Ben Yehuda". Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History.
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia Project
  3. ↑ http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=50
  4. ↑ Feldman, Yael. "Netiva Ben Yehuda". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  5. 1 2 Radio host Netiva Ben Yehuda passes on at 83
  6. ↑ "Recipients of Yakir Yerushalayim award (in Hebrew)". City of Jerusalem official website
  7. ↑
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