The English translation is by Zev Golan, who has appended to it a short biography of Eldad, some personal reminiscences of Eldad and explanatory notes to the text. The First Tithe has gone through some five editions in the original Hebrew. The stories and analysis of The First Tithe have never before appeared in English. His memoirs shed light on the relations between the Irgun, Lehi and Hagana as well as on the personal lives and interactions of future prime ministers and national leaders. He negotiated with Labor movement leaders such as Golda Meir and with the commanders of the Hagana. He escaped from the Nazis with Menachem Begin and directed the Lehi with Yitzhak Shamir and Natan Yellin-Mor. Israel Eldad, the ideologue of the Lehi underground,” according to Yosi Ahimeir, director of the Jabotinsky Institute.Įldad was one of the three-man Central Command of Lehi (also known as the Stern Group). “For the first time, English speaking historians and political scientists will have access to one of the major works by one of the founding fathers of Israel – Dr. An inside look at the secret workings of the pre-State Lehi underground was revealed as the Jabotinsky Institute in Israel published on Israeli Independence Day, May 8, a first-ever English translation of Dr.
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