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Chaim Yassky (1896-1948) was a physician and medical administrator in Jerusalem. He was killed in the Arab attack on a medical convoy bringing supplies to Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus.

Biography

Yassky was born in Kishinev, Russia. While studying medicine at the University of Odessa, he became active in the Zionist movement. Physicians, Forerunners of Modern Israel, David Margalith, Jerusalem Academy of Medicine, Tel Aviv 1973, p.75</ref> Before World War I he took part in Jewish self-defense against pogromists in Odessa. ^[1]

In 1920, Yassky immigrated to Palestine, where he was appointed district physician of Haifa. As an opthamologist, he initiated programs to eradicate trachoma. ^[2] In 1931, Yassky became director of Hadassah. He was one of the driving spirits behind the establishment of the Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus.

Yassky was killed in the Hadassah medical convoy massacre during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, approximately one month before Israel's declaration of independence.

References

^ Gilbert, Martin (1998), Israel: A History. London: Black Swan. ISBN 0-552-99545-2, p.170
^ Physicians, Forerunners of Modern Israel, David Margalith, Jerusalem Academy of Medicine, Tel Aviv 1973, p.75

Cornay, Joan (2001). Who's Who in Jewish History. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26030-2

[1] Gilbert, Martin (1998), Israel: A History. London: Black Swan. ISBN 0-552-99545-2, p.170

[2] Physicians, Forerunners of Modern Israel, David Margalith, Jerusalem Academy of Medicine, Tel Aviv 1973, p.75

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-'''Chaim Yassky''' ([[1896]]-[[1948]]) was a [[physician]] and medical administrator in [[Jerusalem]].
+'''Chaim Yassky''' ([[1896]]-[[1948]]) was a [[physician]] and medical administrator in [[Jerusalem]]. He was killed in the Arab attack on a medical convoy bringing supplies to [[Hadassah]] Hospital on [[Mount Scopus]].
+==Biography==
+Yassky was born in [[Kishinev]], [[Russia]]. While studying
+medicine at the University of [[Odessa]], he became active in the [[Zionist]] movement. ''Physicians, Forerunners of Modern Israel'', David Margalith, Jerusalem Academy of Medicine, Tel Aviv 1973, p.75</ref>  Before [[World War I]] he took part in Jewish self-defense against pogromists in Odessa. <ref>Gilbert, Martin (1998), ''Israel: A History''. London: Black Swan. ISBN 0-552-99545-2, p.170</ref>
-Yassy was born in southern [[Russia]] where he became a [[Zionist]]. Before [[World War I]] he took part in the successful Jewish self-defence against pogromists in the city of [[Odessa]] (Gilbert, 1998, p. 170). Following his medical studies Yassky specialized in [[ophthalmology]]. In the early [[1920]]'s he settled in [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]] where he was assigned by the [[Hadassah|Hadassah Medical Organization]] to deal with the problem of [[trachoma]] in [[Judea]]. In [[1931]] Yassky became director of the organization and in that capacity he initiated the building of the Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital on [[Mount Scopus]].
+In 1920, Yassky immigrated to [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]], where he was appointed  district physician of [[Haifa]]. As an [[opthamologist]], he initiated programs to eradicate [[trachoma]]. <ref>''Physicians, Forerunners of Modern Israel'', David Margalith, Jerusalem Academy of Medicine, Tel Aviv 1973, p.75</ref>  In [[1931]], Yassky became director of [[Hadassah]]. He was one of the driving spirits behind the establishment of the Rothschild-Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus.
-Yassky died in the [[Hadassah medical convoy massacre]] during the [[1948 Arab-Israeli war]], approximately one month before [[Israel]]'s [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel|declaration of independence.]]
+Yassky was killed in the [[Hadassah medical convoy massacre]] during the [[1948 Arab-Israeli war]], approximately one month before [[Israel]]'s [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel|declaration of independence.]]
 ==References==
+{{reflist}}
 *Cornay, Joan (2001). ''Who's Who in Jewish History''. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26030-2
-*Gilbert, Martin (1998). ''Israel: A History''. London: Black Swan. ISBN 0-552-99545-2
 [[Category:1896 births|Yassky, Chaim]]
 [[Category:1948 deaths|Yassky, Chaim]]