Samuel Ussishkin

Samuel Ussishkin (Hebrew: שמואל אוסישקין; Yekaterinoslav, 19 May 1899 – Jerusalem, 2 August 1978), was a lawyer and public figure in Mandatory Palestine and the early days of the State of Israel.

He completed his law studies in the University of Cambridge in 1922 and settled in Palestine, first in Tel Aviv and then in Jerusalem.

In 1941, after the death of his father, he was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the JNF, representing the General Zionists party.

[1] For many years Ussishkin taught in the School of Law and Economics in Tel Aviv, which before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 had been the sole high institution in the country for training lawyers.

An autobiographical book dealing with Samuel’s younger days in Ukraine was published posthumously.

Samuel Ussishkin, c. 1947
Signing of land transfer agreement with the JNF. Levi Eshkol seated at center, Ussishkin seated at the left of the picture