Ruth Dayan passed away at the age of 103

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Ruth Dayan, a social activist and the first wife of Defense Minister and Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan, passed away today (Friday) at the age of 103. She headed the first Israeli fashion house “Maskit”, and founded the charity “Variety Israel”. Former Knesset member Yael Dayan, filmmaker Assi Dayan and sculptor Ehud Dayan.

Throughout her life, Dayan has won many awards and honors, including an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University (1994), the Yigal Alon Award from the Palmach Generation Association (2002), an honorary doctorate from the University of Haifa (2010) and the Shlomo Bublik Award from the Hebrew University (2017). ), To a person who has made a significant contribution to the advancement and development of the State of Israel.

She was born in Haifa, the eldest daughter of Zvi and Rachel, a lawyer and a multi-verbal educator. “I was born when there were Turks in the country at all,” Dayan told Israel Today in an interview about a year ago. “From the age of two I lived for eight years in England, in London, because of my parents’ mission. They went to study there at university, to return to Israel and teach the people of the Jewish community everything they learned, and they also taught Hebrew to people from the Jewish community. I loved England. Mother was not home “And I grew up with a caregiver. That’s how we lived.”

President Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin paid tribute: “Ruth Dayan is no more. A woman who became an Israeli legend while still alive. Her life story is the essence of the fulfillment of the Israeli and Zionist dream. “As for them. A woman who knew what good taste was and articulated it in cuts and fabrics, whose work is connected to this special time and place that we all love to the depths of our hearts.

Meretz chairman MK Nitzan Horowitz said: “Great grief over the death of Ruth Dayan, at the age of 103. Meretz has been a company since its inception, and an enthusiastic left-wing woman. Until the last minute she was as involved and committed, caring and knowledgeable as she has been all her life. “A big hug to our dear Yael, and to the whole family. May her memory be blessed.”

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