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Ella Zelinkowski (Kant)
1910-1987


  • Ella Malka (Manya): Was born in 1910 in Bochnia near Krakow, Poland, and was the seventh child in the family.

  • She was an active member of the Hebrew Youth Movement Akiba branch in Bochnia.

  • In 1935 Malka joined the Zionist Hachsharah settlement in Bonarka, Czachowice (near the city Bielsko-Biala).

  • Malka immigrated to Palestine in 1938 and one year later was part of the first group of pioneers that initiated and established the Kibbutz Beyt Yehoshua.

  • In April 1940 Malka got married to Joseph Zelinkovsky, a kibbutz member, and they had three children (one daughter, Solly and two sons Ruben and Issachar).

  • During the kibbutz period Malka was working in the nursery and specialized in the Hadassa hospital in Jerusalem as a pediatric nurse.

  • In 1947 the kibbutz turned into a village and Malka was working alongside her husband running the farm and took some other jobs in order to supplement the family income.

  • In 1980 Malka and Joseph relocated to the city of Nathanya.

  • Malka passed away from heart attack in March 1987 at the age of 77.

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