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About Chaim Margolis-Kalvarysky
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
January 21, 1947
Dr. Chaim Kalvarisky Buried in Palestine; Was Chief Exponent of Arab-jewish Unity
Funeral services were held here today for Dr. Chaim Kalvarisky, one-time head of the Department of Arab Affairs of the Jewish Agency, who died yesterday. Dr. Kalvarisky, who was 79 had been active for nearly half a century in the movement for Arab-Jewish rapprochement in Palestine.
In 1939, Dr. Kalvarisky, who was then 72, flew to London to advise the Jewish delegation at the round-table conference on Palestine. A leader of the Labor Zionists, in recent years he was one of the sponsors of the Iohud party, which favors establishment of a bi-national state in Palestine. He was the chief exponent in Palestine of the necessity for friendship and cooperation between Arabs and Jews and was closer to the Arabs than any other Jewish leader.
Born in Pezerosol, Russia, in 1868, he was an active Zionist in pre-Herzl days when he was a student at the University of Montpellier in France. He settled in Palestine in 1895 and for some years taught at the Mikveh Israel agricultural school. At the turn of the century he was appointed by Baron Edmond de Rothschild to supervise the work of Jewish colonies in Galilee which were encountering difficulties. He later became one of the principal directors of the Jewish Colonization Association founded by Baron Rothschild.
See the article in HaAretz weekend edition (April 2018) on Chaim Margolis-Kalwarisky written by his granddaughter.
from a catalog of rare manuscripts
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Hayim Kalwariski-Margolis (1868-1947) was a very active proponent of Jewish- Arab rapprochment for several decades and was involved in a variety of organisation to promote this aim notably Brit Shalom, Kedma Mizracha, the League of Jewish Arab Rapprochment and Ihud.
125. Jewish Arab Co-Operation. Manuscript + 4 Printed Items. Items from 1939-
1946 relating to attempts to promote Jewish-Arab co-operation.
i. A manuscript notebook relating to meetings to foster Jewish Arab relations. 28 pages mostly in Hebrew presumably in the hand of Hayim Kalwariski. Eliyahu
Sasson, later Minister of Arab Affairs is also one of the participants. It contains descriptions of travels to Baghdad for discussions with Arab leaders, the last 4 pages are in English and are a translation of letter sent to the Executive of the Jewish Agency in London where it outlines key areas that must be taken into account including (a) the right of Jewish immigration, (b) the aspirations of the Arabs for Independence (c) the principle of non-domination (d) the right of the Jews to a homeland. In addition there are 3 printed pamphlets and one memeographed note all in Hebrew. (1) Aharon Cohen, Sheroshai Hamishbar, Derochim L’Motzai (Roots of the Crisis, Ways Out) 1946, 27 pp Published by
the League for Arab Jewish Co-Operation,
ii. 4 page pamphlet, October 1942 describing a trip by Kalwariski and Ahron Cohen to Syria and Lebanon to meet with Arab Leaders,
iii. Bshhat Hiram, 45 pp + ads, September, 1940
iv. A mimeographed note of a meeting between Kalursky, Ahron Cohen and Moshe Shertok (later Moshe Sharett, Israel’s first Foreign Minister) 2 pages marked ‘Sodi’ -secret- at the top. A fascinating manuscript and documents that provide primary source material throwing light on attempts to bring the two sides together. There are suggestion of how this Jewish-Arab Palestine
could become part of a federation of Arab States.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_...
The first body to advocate bi-nationalism was *Berit Shalom, which existed from 1925 to 1933. *Ha-Shomer ha-Ẓa'ir started to advocate bi-nationalism as part of its platform in 1929, and some of its members, including Mordekhai *Bentov and Aharon Cohen, continued to support the idea until after the establishment of the State in 1948. Following the outbreak of the 1936 disturbances (or Arab Revolt) a new organization, advocating a rapprochement with the Arab population, was set up, bearing the name Kedmah Mizraḥah ("Forward to the East"). Towards the end of its existence in 1938, the organization became associated with bi-nationalism, as Haim *Margolis-Kalvaryski became its most active member. Another group that was active in this period, and advocated an agreement with the Arabs which included certain features of bi-nationalism, was known as "the group of five." This group, which included Gad*Frumkin, Moshe *Smilansky, Pinḥas *Rutenberg, Moshe *Novomeysky, and Judah L. *Magnes , and held meetings with both Arab leaders and Zionist leaders, proposed as part of an agreement with the Arabs that would enable continued Zionist development, the establishment of a legislative council based on parity.
In 1907, Haim Margolis-Kalvaryski built a courtyard at the present site of Tel Hai - then known as Talha - in order to serve the farmers of nearby Metulla, who tilled the land here. Eleven years later, Kibbutz Tel Hai was established in Talha.
Photographs of Tel Hai and the history is found at:
http://www.stateofisrael.com/tourism/telhai/
BERIT SHALOM ("Covenant of Peace"), society founded in Jerusalem in 1925 to foster relations of rapprochement between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, on the basis of a bi-national solution to the conflict between them, with Jews and Arabs having an equal share in the administration regardless of the size of their respective populations (see *Bi-Nationalism ). Bi-nationalism for Berit Shalom was not an ideal but a function of reality. The trigger for the establishment of the society was a lecture at the opening of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem by the Orientalist Professor Joseph Horowitz of the University of Frankfurt on the Main. The initiative for founding Berit Shalom came from Arthur *Ruppin . The active members in the society belonged to several groups. The first, which was predominant in the early years, was made up of men who had immigrated to Palestine before World War I and were all (except Ruppin himself) of East European origin, had an academic education, and shared a practical political approach to Zionism. They included, in addition to Ruppin, Dr. Jacob *Thon , Dr. Joseph *Lurie , Dr Yitzḥak Epstein, Haim *Margolis-Kalvaryski , and *Rabbi Binyamin ...
Read more about Berit Shalom in the Jewish Virtual Library.
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Chaim Margolis-Kalvarysky's Timeline
| 1867 |
March 25, 1867
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Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
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1899
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| 1900 |
November 1, 1900
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Palestine, Ottoman Empire
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| 1907 |
1907
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Rosh Pinna, Tzfat, North District, Israel
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| 1947 |
January 19, 1947
Age 79
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Tiberias, Kinneret, North District, Israel
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