Eliyahu Krause (1876–1962) was a Jewish agronomist and activist.

Biography

Krause migrated from Russia to what was then Palestine in 1892. He was employed by the Jewish Colonization Association (JCA), creating an agricultural school near Izmir, Turkey. In 1915, he became the Mikveh Israel Agricultural School's director, holding that position until 1954.[1]

Sejera

At Krause's farm belonging to the JCA, haverim worked under his direction, at a yearly deficit.[2] Manya Shochat managed to establish a collective at Sejera (or Sedjera) thanks to Krause's permission, under the assumption they would revert such a situation. Under this arrangement, the farm's first 3 women workers were admitted. Under the terms of the agreement, Krause would turn over to Shochat the field and dairy work, while the owners gave the lessees the livestock, inventory and seed; in return they would turn over a fifth of the harvest to him.[3] The purpose of the farm was to train Jewish farmers in self-sufficiency.[4][5]

It was during the collective that workers would receive agricultural lessons from Eliyahu Krause, socialism instruction from Manya Shochat, and Hebrew classes from David Ben-Gurion, who lived close by. The collective disbanded after a year.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Itamar Rabinovich; Jehuda Reinharz, 2008. Israel in the Middle East: Documents and Readings on Society, Politics, and Foreign Relations, Pre-1948 to the Present. UPNE. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-87451-962-4.
  2. ↑ Raḥel Yanait Ben-Zvi, 1989. Before Golda: Manya Shochat : a Biography. Biblio Press. ISBN 978-0-930395-07-0.
  3. ↑ Yosef Gorni; Iaácov Oved; IditWyEd Paz, 1987. Communal Life: An International Perspective; [lectures Delivered at the International Conference on Kibbutz & Communes, May 1985, Yad Tabenkin-Efal, Israel]. Transaction Publishers. pp. 74–77. ISBN 978-1-4128-1993-0.
  4. ↑ Esther Fuchs, 2005. Israeli Women's Studies: A Reader. Rutgers University Press. pp. 70–80. ISBN 978-0-8135-3616-3.
  5. ↑ Deborah Bernstein, 2012. Pioneers and Homemakers: Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel. SUNY Press. pp. 108–113. ISBN 978-0-7914-9660-2.
  6. ↑ Mark LeVine; Gershon Shafir, 2012. Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel. University of California Press. pp. 69–72. ISBN 978-0-520-95390-1.

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