Zemach Shabad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zemach Shabad

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1864

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1935

Profession: physician, politician, journalist

Nationality: Poland, Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Zemach Shabad (Hebrew: ??? ?????, Polish: Cemach Szabad, Russian: ????? ?????, Tsemakh Shabad) (February 5, 1864, Vilnius, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) — January 20, 1935, Vilnius) was a Jewish doctor and social and political activist.
He was a member of the Senate (parliament) of the Second Polish Republic (1928) and a co-founder and vice-president of the YIVO (Institute for Jewish Research). In 1932 Shabad toured to Palestine with Dr.
Abel Lapin from Kaunas.
During his trip, Dr.
Shabad hosted by the Health Committee of the Knesset and the Jerusalem Medical Association. He was one of the originators of the volkist movement, which eventually turned into the Folkspartei (Jewish People's Party).In 2007, Zemach Shabad was honored with a monument in Vilnius, reflecting the fact that he was the prototype of Doctor Aybolit, a good doctor from a poem for children by Korney Chukovsky.