Chaim Kugel

Chaim Kugel (Hebrew: חיים קוגל, April 25, 1897 – February 4, 1953) was a Jewish politician an civil servant.

He was member of the Czechoslovak parliament on behalf of the Jewish Party, the first chairman of the Holon local council and, upon its declaration as a city, its first mayor.

[1][2] Chaim Kugel was born in Minsk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus) to the family of Nahum and Reizel nee Fry.

[1] He received his doctorate in economics and philosophy at the Charles University in Prague.

The Kugel Prize [he] for literature and science books has been awarded by the Holon Municipality since 1952.