David Coren (; 8 June 1917 – 14 January 2011) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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for the

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between 1969 and 1977. He also served as head of and as president of the

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Biography

Born David Coronel in

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in 1917, Coren was educated at the

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, before studying at the

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Na'an Na'an () is a kibbutz near the city of Rehovot in Israel. Located within the Central District, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council and borders the villages of Ganei Hadar, Ramot Meir and Sitria. Founded in 1930, it is t ...

a Teachers Seminary in

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and for a year at the

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. A member of

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, he lived in the movement's commune in Tel Aviv from 1936 to 1938. Between 1938 and 1939 he worked as a labourer at the Sodom Dead Sea Factory, and was one of the founders of kibbutz

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in 1939, where he met his wife Hana Fenet. In 1939 he was a founder of kibbutz

, where he lived until 1948. He became a member of kibbutz

Gesher HaZiv Gesher HaZiv () is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Situated in the Western Galilee on the coastal highway between Nahariya and the Lebanese border, opposite the Akhziv National Park, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council ...

in 1949,David Coren: Public Activities
Knesset website where he lived until his death. Following the establishment of the

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in 1948, Koren was appointed head of the personnel department at the request of

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. Coren worked as an education officer in the

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from 1951 to 1952, after which he left the army and returned to working in Gesher HaZiv, where he taught in an elementary school and served as its principal. He subsequently founded Sulem Tzur high school, where he continued to teach. Returning to the military, between 1959 and 1961 he was head of the Youth and Nahal Section of the

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. He also headed the Administration section of the

. In 1968 he became head of the , but left the post before the end of the year. A member of Rafi and subsequently the Labor Party into which Rafi merged in 1968, in

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he was elected to the Knesset on the list of the Alignment, an alliance of Labor and

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. He was re-elected in

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, but lost his seat in the

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. He became head of Sulam Tzur Regional Council again in 1979, serving until 1981. From 1979 until 1980 he chaired the Union for Developing the Western Galilee, and from 1981 until 1983 chaired the Friends of Nahariya Regional Hospital. After Sulam Tzur merged into

Mateh Asher Regional Council The Mateh Asher Regional Council (, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Asher'') is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Jos ...

in 1982, he served as deputy head until 1991, also serving as chairman of the

(which he had helped found) between 1985 and 2003. He died in 2011 aged 93.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coren, David 1917 births 2011 deaths Politicians from Jerusalem Sephardi Jews in Mandatory Palestine Sephardi Jews from Ottoman Palestine Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israeli civil servants Jewish Israeli politicians Kibbutzniks Mayors of regional councils in Israel Alignment (Israel) politicians Members of the 7th Knesset (1969–1974) Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977) People from Gesher HaZiv