Rivka Guber Explained

Rivka Guber
Native Name:	רבקה גובר
Native Name Lang:	he
Birth Date:	1902
Nationality:	Israel
Occupation:	Social worker, pioneer
Known For:	Work in education and immigrant absorption

Rivka Guber (Hebrew: רבקה גובר; 1902–1981) was an Israeli social worker and pioneer, and a recipient of the Israel Prize.

Awards and honors

• In 1976, Guber was awarded the Israel Prize, for her special contribution to society and the State of Israel,^[1] for her life's work in education and immigrant absorption.
• In 1992, the Israel Postal Authority issued a stamp in Guber's honor, bearing three portraits of her.^[2]

Published works

• The Brothers, 1950
• The Signal Fires of Lachish, 1961
• Lakhish: A Literary-Historical Anthology, 1965
• Only a Path, 1970
• These Are the Legends of Kfar Ahim, 1974
• The Tradition to Bequeath, 1979

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients

External links

• Rivka Guber in the Jewish Women's Archive
• Bio in honor of a stamp issued by the Israeli Postal Authority, in her name.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Israel Prize recipients in 1976 (in Hebrew) . Israel Prize Official Site . https://web.archive.org/web/20111230220646/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashlag/Tashmab_Tashlag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashlav . December 30, 2011 . unfit .
2. Web site: Stamps of Israel - Rivka Guber . 2011-12-08 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210939/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~szwetch/Stamps.of.Israel/24.html . dead .