Meir Teomi

Meir Teomi
מאיר תאומי
Born	(1898-07-15)July 15, 1898 Nikolayev, Podolia, Russian Empire
Died	August 10, 1947(1947-08-10) (aged 49) Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Cause of death	Terrorist attack
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1933–1947
Children	Oded [he]

Meir Teomi (Hebrew: מאיר תאומי; July 15, 1898 – August 10, 1947) was a Russian-born actor and immigrant to Mandatory Palestine in 1919[1] who was murdered during a terrorist attack in 1947. He was the father of Israeli actor Oded Teomi [he].[2]

Death

Teomi was performing on stage in the Hawaii Garden restaurant of Tel Aviv on August 10, 1947. An Arab gang from Al-Shaykh Muwannis stormed the cafe and shot five people dead, including Teomi.[1][3][4] Time magazine reported that it may have been "the first serious attack by Arabs on Jews since 1939."[5] The Arab Falastin newspaper incorrectly reported that the attack had been done by Yemenite Jews against Arabs, leading to a wave of Palestinian attacks against Yemenites.[6] The Haganah also carried out reprisals against Arab targets it believed were responsible for the attack.[3]

Films and plays

• Sabra, 1933
• This Is the Land, 1935

References

1. "The Centennial of "The Jewish Mayflower" - the Zionist Celebrities on Board of the "Russlan"". Museum of the Jewish People. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
2. "Oded Teomi to receive Life Achievement Award". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
3. "Murder by the Yarkon River". סגולה. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
4. "⁨FIFTH VICTIM OF CAFE MASSACRE SUCCUMBS ⁩ | ⁨The Palestine Post⁩ | 12 August 1947 | Newspapers | The National Library of Israel". www.nli.org.il. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
5. "PALESTINE: End of a Dance". Time. 1947-08-18. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
6. Jacobson, Abigail; Naor, Moshe (2016-12-06). Oriental Neighbors: Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs in Mandatory Palestine. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 978-1-5126-0007-0.

External links

• Meir Teomi at IMDb