Barkai Barukh (1910-2004)
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| Surname | Barkai |
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| Name | Barukh |
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| Birth year | 1910 |
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| Birth place | Riga |
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| Death year | 2004 |
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| Sex | M |
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Barkai Barukh (Baruch) (1910, Riga – 2004) – journalist.
Barukh Barkan worked for the newspapers “Nayer Fraytik” and “Riger Tog”.
In 1932, he emigrated to Palestine and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv School of Economics and Law.
Barukh Barkan worked for the newspapers “HaBoker” and “Yedioth Ahronoth” (“Latest News”).
In the early 1950s, he was accredited as a journalist at the UN headquarters in New York and collaborated with the radio station “Kol Yisrael” (“Voice of Israel”).
In 1986, Barukh Barkan received the Golden Emblem from Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek and was named an honorary citizen of Jerusalem.
Barukh Barkan wrote Israel’s first “Encyclopedia of Etiquette”.
Works:
• Encyclopedia of Etiquette