Bracha Habas

Bracha Habas (20 January 1900 – 31 July 1968) was an Israeli journalist, literary editor and writer.

[1] She is being considered as “one of the first professional women journalists in Israel.” [2] Born on 20 January 1900 in Alytus, southern Lithuania, Bracha Habas moved to Palestine with her family in 1906.

After the completion of her school education, she enrolled at the Training Seminary for Women Teachers where she graduated in 1921.

[3][2] In 1919, she joined the socialist-Zionist party, Ahdut HaAvoda through which she started empowering the young working women.

[2] She also served on the editorial board of the newspaper Davar and of the Am Oved, a books publishing house.