Avraham Herzfeld

Avraham Herzfeld (also Harzfeld) (Hebrew: אברהם הרצפלד‎, 5 June 1891 – 30 August 1973) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician.

In 1914, he immigrated to Ottoman Palestine and worked as an agricultural laborer in Petah Tikva.

[1] During World War I, Herzfeld was active on behalf of Yishuv members arrested by the Ottoman authorities.

[2] On the establishment of kibbutz Hatzerim in 1946, he sang a popular song: "This is our fate, / Thus we are commanded, / This is the road, / This our aim, / We have not labored in vain".

[5] He initiated and raised funds to establish a hospital in Gedera in 1963, part of the Histadrut's Clalit Health Maintenance Organization.

Avraham Herzfeld with Berl Katznelson , Ma'ale HaHamisha 1943
Avraham Herzfeld giving a speech during the establishment of Kibbutz Harel , 27 October 1948.
Herzfeld's grave, Kinneret cemetery.