Nationality Lithuanian Died 1916, Petah Tikva, Israel Name Aryeh Frumkin | Religion Jewish | |
Born 1845 Kelme, Lithuania Relatives Jonathan Sacks (great-grandson) | ||
Occupation Rabbi, pioneer, author | ||
Aryeh Leib Frumkin (Hebrew: אריה ליב פרומקין; 1845–1916) was a rabbi, Zionist, a founder and pioneer of Petah Tikva, the first yishuv created in the pre-state of Israel. He also was an author of halachic texts, a teacher, and operator of a wine shop, L. Frumkin and Company.
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Early life
Aryeh Leib Frumkin was born in Kelmė, Lithuania in 1845.
Career
He emigrated to Palestine during the First Aliyah in 1883. While there he founded the settlement of Petah Tikva in which he built the first house there and helped to drain the malaria-ridden swamps His planting of the first tree there is emblazoned on the seal of the municipality and there is a street named after him
He moved to London, England in 1893 after an Arab attack on Petah Tikva. In London's East End he operated a family wine shop. He later returned to Petah Tikvah
Death
He died in 1916 in Petah Tikvah, where he was buried..
Legacy
He was the great-grandfather of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the previous Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom.