Zvi Lurie

Zvi Lurie (Hebrew: צבי לוריא, 1 June 1906 – 21 May 1968) was a Jewish political figure in Mandatory Palestine.

A member of the Jewish National Council, he was amongst the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.

Zvi Lurie was born in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland).

Lurie was a member of Hashomer Hatzair, serving as its general secretary between 1935 and 1937.

After signing the declaration, Lurie left Israel to work on strengthening ties between Israel and the Jewish people[2] with the Jewish Agency as a representative of Mapam (of which Hashomer Hatzair was a part).

Zvi Lurie, taken at his desk in Tel Aviv between his return to Israel in 1954 and his death in 1968, Most likely 1962.