Hana Zemer
| Hanna Zemer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Hanna Haberfeld 1925 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | June 3, 2003 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Other names | Hanna Zomer |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Davar |
| Title | Editor-in-Chief |
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Hanna Zemer (Hebrew: חנה זמר, 1925 – March 6, 2003) was an Israeli journalist. She was Editor-in-Chief of Davar from 1970 until 1990, the first female editor-in-chief of a major Israeli newspaper.
Hanna Haberfeld (later Zemer) was born in Bratislava. Her father was Rabbi Shlomo Haberfeld, and her grandfather, Rabbi Jacob Haberfeld, was the rabbi of Turá Lúka. Her family was ultra-Orthodox.
During World War II, she was imprisoned at the Ravensbrück and Malchow concentration camps. Most of her family was killed in the Holocaust.
Zemer immigrated to Israel in 1950. She was married briefly, and changed her married name from Zomer to Zemer. She taught in the Orthodox Bais Yaakov (Beth Jacob) school system in Azor, southeast of Tel Aviv.
Zemer began working as a night editor for a German-language Israeli newspaper, Yediot HaYom in 1950. In 1951 she was hired as a correspondent by the daily newspaper Omer, for new immigrants (with Hebrew vowels), which was a supplement of Davar. She then became a writer for Davar, and became its political affairs correspondent.
In 1961, she became director of Davar’s editorial board. Over time, she became a radio and television host. She advanced to become Davar’s assistant editor, and in 1970 became its Editor-in-Chief, which at the time was the most senior position held by a woman in Israeli media. She remained as Editor-in-Chief for 20 years—the first female to hold the editor-in-chief title at a Hebrew newspaper. Zemer retired from Davar in 1990.
Zemer also wrote entries for Encyclopaedia Judaica, and was elected to the board of the International Institute of Journalism.
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