Ya'akov Winschel

Ya'akov Winschel (Hebrew: יעקב וינשל), sometimes written as Weinschel (ויינשל) (1891-1981) was an Israeli doctor, book writer and essayist, and Revisionist Zionist politician.[1][2]

Ya'akov Winschel was born in Tiflis, then in Georgia, Russian Empire, now Tbilisi, to the family of Ze'ev Winschel, a physician. Late his family moved to Baku. He studied medicine in Munich, Geneva and Dorpat (nor Tartu, Estonia) and was active in youth Zionist organizations, in particular, edited their newspapers.[2]

A founder of Leumit Health Care Services.

The Jabotinsky Prize for Literature recipient (1968).[3]

References

  1. ^ Вейншал, семья, Электронная еврейская энциклопедия, Russian-language version based of the Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia
  2. ^ a b Dr. Jacob Winschel
  3. ^ Maariv, November 4, 1968
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