About Saadia Kobashi
Lived 1904 – 1990 (aged 85–86). Saadia Kobashi was an Israeli pedagogue, educator and politician.
Saadia Kobashi (; , 1902–24 January 1990) was a leader of the Yemenite Jewish community in Israel, and one of the signatories of the country's declaration of independence.
Biography Kobashi was born in Yemen in 1902. He emigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1909, settling in Jerusalem. After independence, he moved to Tel Aviv and was appointed supervisor of the Religious-Zionist education system. He became headmaster of a religious-Zionist school in Rosh HaAyin in 1949, where today a street is named after him.
Kobashi died in 1990 and was buried in Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.
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Who was Saadia Kobashi?
Israeli politician (1904–1990)
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Saadia Kobashi was born in 1904 in Yemen.
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Saadia Kobashi died in 1990 in Tel Aviv.
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Saadia Kobashi was a pedagogue, educator and politician.
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Saadia Kobashi was Israeli.
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