אביבי Argens Avivi, Eli

Birth Name אביבי Argens Avivi, Eli [1a] [1b]
Birth Name Argens, Eli
Also Known As אביבי, אלי
Call Name אלי
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1930   Eli Avivi was born in Iran

 
Aliyah 1931   Eli Avivi's family left Iran

Event Note

Eli Avivi's family moved to Tel Aviv תל אביב, where he grew up.

 
Military Service 1946 פלמ"ח פלוגות מחץ Palmach, הגנה  

Event Note

In 1944, Eli Avivi, age 13 years, left home, and at age 15, he joined the Palmach פלמ"ח.

 
Military Service   הכשרת‎ נווה ים Hakhsharat Neve Yam, קיבוץ נווה ים, חוף הכרמל, חיפה, ישראל  

 
Military Service 1946 פלי“ם Palyam פלוגת הים‎, פלמ”ח, הגנה  

Event Note

Eli Avivi cites “After the war I decided to see something more of the world and I worked on fishing boats in the Mediterranean and then in the North Sea. Later I sailed on bigger ships to Iceland, Greenland and Norway."
At age 17 years, he set out on an adventure, and for 4 years, he sailed to Africa and the Bering Sea, and returned to Israel ישראל in his early twenties.

 
Residence 1952 אכזיב Achziv الزيب Az-Zib Eli Avivi rented and rennovated two houses, and made it into a museum displaying the history of Achziv from Biblical times

Event Note

In 1971, Eli Avivi declared the Medinat Achziv מדינת אכזיב, protesting against the decision to make Achziv אכזיב a national park, which he felt would destroy the wild and beautiful character of this place.
He even wrote a constitution, chose a flag, with a mermaid's figure, and a national anthem, The Whisper of the Waves, and stamped tourists' passports,

 
Marriage     Eli Avivi married Rina

 

Source References

  1. Walking Israel: A Personal Search for the Soul of a Nation
    1. Page: 28-38
    2. Page: 45-46

Pedigree

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