02.05.2012                      10.Ijar. 5772                    Tag 25 des Omer

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Mordechai Virshubski, Veteran peacenik, advocate for disabled, dies at 81

Former Deputy Knesset Speaker Mordechai Virshubski (1930 – 2012) passes away in his sleep.

Former Deputy Knesset Speaker Mordechai Virshubski passed away in his sleep on Tuesday, a week before he would have celebrated his 82nd birthday.
Virshubski served as a Knesset member from 1977 to 1992 on behalf of the Shinui and Ratz parties, which later merged with Mapam to become Meretz. After leaving the Knesset, he chaired the umbrella organization of groups representing the disabled and was an active board member of the Association of Israelis of Central European Origin….