YAARI, YEHUDAH

(1900-82)

Israeli writer and diplomat, of Galician origin, brother ofAvraham Yaari. He emigrated to Palestine in 1920 and served in the head office of Keren ha-Yesod. He held a number of diplo-matic posts - as cultural attache to the Israeli legation in Scandinavia (1955-7), director of the department for cultural relations of the Israeli foreign ministry, and as consul-general in Amsterdam. He wrote stories and romances dealing with Eastern European life during the 20th century and with pioneer youth in Israel.