Zemach Shabad (Hebrew: צמח שאבאד, Polish: Cemach Szabad, Russian: Цемах Шабад, Tsemakh Shabad; 5 February 1864, Vilnius, Russian Empire (now Vilnius, Lithuania) — 20 January 1935, Vilnius) was a Jewish medical doctor and social and political activist.
[1] He was a member of the Senate (parliament) of the Second Polish Republic (1928) and a co-founder and vice-president of the YIVO (Institute for Jewish Research).
During his trip, Shabad hosted by the Health Committee of the Knesset and the Jerusalem Medical Association.
[2] He was one of the originators of the volkist movement, which eventually turned into the Folkspartei (Jewish People's Party).
[3] In the late 1930s a monument on the outskirts of Vilnius was erected in Shabad's honor;[4] it was destroyed during WWII.