The Ashkenazi Revolution

329the Trumpeldor Labor Battalion (Gedud ha-Avodah). When Arab riots brokeout in 1936, Sadeh joined the Haganah. He initiated a policy for defendingsettlements by going out to attack the marauding Arab bands, rather thanremaining behind the barbed wire perimeters of the settlements to awaitraids. Haganah field companies, which Sadeh commanded, were formed toimplement this strategy. He was also one of the founders of the Palmach,and became its first commanding officer in 1941. In 1945 he was promotedto acting chief of the Haganah general staff, coordinating resistance againstthe British. During the War of Independence he took part in several operations,including the battle for Jerusalem. He retired from military service at the endof the war.Yizhar SmilanskyYizhar Smilansky (September27,1916 – August 21,2006), better known by his pen name S. Yizhar wasan Israeli writer and a great innovator in modern Hebrew literature.Yohanan Bader Yohanan Bader (August 19, 1901 –June 16,1994) was a Revisionist Zionist leader and Israeli politician. Bader wasborn in Kraków in Austria-Hungary (today in Poland), where he studied at a StateGymnasium. In his youth he was active in the Jewish Socialist Party, the"Bund" followed by "HaShomer Hatzair" but in 1925 he joined the RevisionistZionist Movement. He studied law, economics, philosophy and historyat Jagiellonian University, where he earned Doctor of Law degree and wascertified as a lawyer. He also edited the Polish language weekly TribunaNarodna.Yohanan ben-Zakai Johanan ben Zakai (c. 30 -90 CE), also known as Johanan B. Zakkai was one of the tannaim, animportant Jewish sage in the era of the Second Temple, and a primarycontributor to the core text of Rabbinical Judaism, the Mishnah. He is widelyregarded as one of the most important Jewish figures of his time. His tomb islocated in Tiberias, within the Maimonides burial compound.Yosef Chaim BrennerYosef Haim Brenner (also YosefChaim Brenner, born 1881, died 1921) was a Russian-born Hebrewlanguageauthor, one of the pioneers of modern Hebrew literature.Yosef Dela Rina Rabbi Joseph Della Reina (1418 -1472) lived in Safed and wanted to bring the Redemption. One day, he took5 of his most loyal students who were very knowledgeable in Kabbalah and