Meir Vilner
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Meir Vilner was a Lithuanian-born Israeli communist politician and Jewish leader of the Communist Party of Israel, at one time a powerful force in the country. He was the youngest and last living sign
Vilner in 1969
Vilner's official Knesset portrait, 1951
Vilner later in his career
Vilner addresses Rakah's 1976 convention
Esther Vilenska
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Esther Vilenska was an Israeli communist politician, journalist and author who served as a member of the Knesset for Maki between 1951 and 1959, and then again from 1961 to 1965. She was a Lithuanian
Meir Vilner
…Zionist-socialist youth group Hashomer Hatzair (Young Guard). He served on the local secretariat alongside his cousin Abba Kovner and his future wife Esther Vilenska. However, he soon grew disenchanted by what he viewed as a tendency in Zionist groups to dream of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, rather than change…
Vilenska in 1950