HistoryFigure1896–1972

Joseph Braslavi (Braslavski)

יוסף ברסלבי (ברסלבסקי)

Region: Ukraine → Erets-Israël (Tel-Aviv)

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Coming to Erets-Israël as a child from Ukraine, he was an interpreter in the Turkish army during the First World War, then a Hebrew teacher and explorer of Transjordan and the Negev. From 1938 he taught at the teachers' seminary in Tel-Aviv. His major work is « Ha-Yadata et ha-Aretz? » (Do You Know the Land?), a six-volume description of the regions of Israel.

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