| Personal data |
| Surname | Vald |
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| Name | Grigory |
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| Patronym | Borisovich |
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| Birth year | 1938 |
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| Birth month | 3 |
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| Birth day | 18 |
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| birth_place | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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Newman Emmanuel (1893-1980)
| people |
| surname | Newman |
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| name | Emmanuel |
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| birth_year | 1893 |
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| birth_place | Libava, Grobin District of the Courland Governorate |
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| death_year | 1980 |
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| death_place | Tel Aviv |
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Newman Emmanuel
(1893, Libava, Grobin District of the Courland Governorate – 1980, Tel Aviv), public figure.
From the mid-1890s Emmanuel Newman lived in the United States. In 1918–1920, he headed the Department of Education of the Zionist Organization of America. In 1921, he was one of the founders of the organization Keren HaYesod in the United States and served as its director from 1921 to 1925.
In 1929–1930, he was Chairman of the Jewish National Fund in the United States. In 1947–1949 and again in 1956–1958, he served as President of the Zionist Organization of America. From 1958 to 1963, he headed the World Conference of General Zionists.