1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminYitzhak Shimkin Dead at 72 - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gWJ51RygKY"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/yitzhak-shimkin-dead-at-72">Yitzhak Shimkin Dead at 72</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/yitzhak-shimkin-dead-at-72/embed#?secret=gWJ51RygKY" width="600" height="338" title="“Yitzhak Shimkin Dead at 72” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="gWJ51RygKY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Yitzhak Shimkin, a Hagana veteran who planned and almost carried out an attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1939, died at his home in Haifa last night at the age of 72. Shimkin was born near Odessa in 1905 and settled in Palestine in 1921 where he studied at the Herzliya Gymnasium and joined the Hagana. […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315