Shulamit Bat-Dori
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Bat-Dori in 1930
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| Native name | Hebrew: שולמית בת-דורי |
| Born |
Shulamit Gutgeld 7 December 1904 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | February 1985 (age 80) Mishmar HaEmek, Israel |
| Burial place | Mishmar HaEmek, Israel |
| Education | B.A., theatre arts, Tel Aviv University |
| Occupation | Kibbutz theatre director and producer, playwright, dance festival director, theatre professor |
| Years active | 1934–1980 |
| Organization | Kibbutz HaArtzi Company |
| Known for | Kibbutz theatre |
| Movement | Hashomer Hatzair |
| Spouse(s) | Reuven Ziv |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Joseph and Helene Gutgeld |
| Relatives | Mordechai Bentov (brother) |
Shulamit Bat-Dori (Hebrew: שולמית בת-דורי) (7 December 1904 – February 1985) was a Polish-Israeli playwright, kibbutz theatre director and producer, and dance festival director. A member of the Socialist-Zionist Hashomer Hatzair movement and its kibbutz, Mishmar HaEmek, she introduced political theatre to Palestine, writing and producing plays that reinforced the ideology of the Kibbutz Movement. She was known for her huge, open-air performances that enlisted hundreds of kibbutz members and attracted thousands of viewers. She represented Israel at international conferences and was a professor in the theatre department at Tel Aviv University from 1965 to 1974.
Shulamit Gutgeld was born to an assimilated Jewish family in Warsaw. Her father, Joseph Gutgeld, had been raised in a wealthy Haredi home and was married at the age of 16. After having two children, at the age of 21 he gave up Orthodox Judaism, deserted his wife and children, and moved to Warsaw without any means of support. In 1899 he married Helene, an assimilated Jew herself from a financially comfortable home. They had two children, Mordechai (born 1900) and Shulamit. Joseph committed suicide in 1922. Helene eventually moved to Israel and died in 1958.
Shulamit was exposed at an early age to classical music, theatre, and dance, and received private tutoring in German and French. After graduating from a gymnasium, she entered the University of Warsaw at the age of 16, studying philosophy and psychology.
Her brother Mordechai, who studied law at the University of Warsaw, was the leader of the Warsaw branch of the Socialist-Zionist Hashomer Hatzair movement. He encouraged Shulamit to join the organization, and she began producing plays together with younger members. In 1920 Mordechai made aliyah to Palestine, and Shulamit followed in 1923. They both became members of Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek, a Hashomer Hatzair settlement. Mordechai embarked on a political career, being one of the signatories of the declaration of independence in 1948 and a Member of Knesset.
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