Yoav stern biography of abraham
Jewish life in Beirut revolved around Maguen Abraham, as it was, in fact, the center of community life.!
Stern, Avraham
STERN, AVRAHAM (underground name, Ya'ir ; –), leading underground fighter in Palestine, founder of the organization later called *Loḥamei Ḥerut Israel (Leḥi).
Born in Suvalki (then Russian Poland), Stern studied at the Hebrew high school there.
Magen Abraham once symbolized the splendor of the city's opulent Jewish community.
In he went to Palestine and continued his studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Active in the *Irgun Ẓeva'i Le'ummi (iẒl) from its formation in , he collaborated with David *Raziel in compiling a Hebrew manual on the use of the revolver and wrote underground poetry, including Ḥayyalim Almonim ("Anonymous Soldiers," ), which became the anthem of iẒl and later of Leḥi.
When iẒl split in , he did not join the *Haganah, but became a member of the iẒl command. He went to Europe to acquire arms and to establish contact with the Polish authorities for the organization of courses for iẒl instructors in Poland.
In August he was arrested together with the other members of the iẒl command and was imprisoned until June Whi