Esther Vilenska

(1918 - 1975)

Esther Vilenska

Esther Vilenska was one of the outstanding leaders of the Communist movement in Israel and in her political life combined a strong commitment to Marxism and internationalism with a firm devotion to Israel, its people and especially its working class. She served on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Israel (MAKI) for over three decades until she parted company with it in the summer of 1973 and formed the Israel Communist Opposition (AKI). She had also been an elected Communist representative in the executive council of the Histadrut, the Israel Trade Union Federation, where she espoused a policy of militant defense for the worker's economic demands. Vilenska also served as an elected Communist member of the Knesset for 12 years.

Works

British Doubletalk in Palestine [Daily Worker, US] (August 12, 1946)

Political Line-Up in the Yishuv (February 1947)

The Truth About the Irgun Part I | Part II (1948)

Critique of United Workers Party Platform (1948)

Who Endangers Israel's Security? (1950)

The Municipal Elections in Israel [Jewish Life Vol.5 No.3] (January 1951)

Israel and a Middle Eastern Bloc [Jewish Life Vol.5 No.5] (March 1951)

Threat of a Revived Wehrmacht [Jewish Life Vol.8 No.4] (February 1954)

Meddling in Israel's Affairs [Jewish Life Vol.8 No.9] (July 1954)

War and Peace in the Middle East, articles by Moshe Sneh, S. Mikunis, Ester Vilenska, Paul Novick et al (1967)

Outline for Israel's Path to Socialism [Theses for the 16th Congress of the Communist Party of Israel] (1968)