Akiva Librecht (1876–March 3, 1958) was a founding member of Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center Di
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Akiva Librecht (1876–March 3, 1958) was a founding member of Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams .... , Israel
Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... , and a member of its first council, which he headed in 1912–13. He was also a member of the Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba
Kfar Saba is a List of Israeli cities in the Sharon plain, of the Center District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2007, Kfar Saba had a total population of 81,600.... council.
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included.... , Israel. His father made Aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida .... in the 1840s, and was one of the builders of the new Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem outside the Old City's walls. Akiva Librecht received a religious education, and also studied in Germany and Austria.
Librecht managed the winery in Petah Tikva, and built the first modern artificial beehive
Beehive
Beehive may refer to:Bee-keeping* Beehive is a structure in which bees live and raise their young. It includes both natural and man-made hives; the latter includes traditional designs such as skeps and gums and modern designs such as:... s in the Land of Israel
Land of Israel
For other uses, see Israel The Land of Israel is the region which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson.... .
He was married to Shoshana Levit Gotlieb, with two children, David and Leah.
