Pines, Ita
- Born: Dec 1, 1868, Ruzhany, Brest, Belarus
- Marriage (1): Yellin, David in 1885
- Died: Apr 22, 1943, Jerusalem, Israel at age 74
General Notes:
Like her mother she was a founder of Ezrat Nashim and an active worke r for women's charities. She took over the runnign of Beit Hamachse . She guided it through difficult times and saved it when the Turks w anted to close it during the First World War. Among her charitable ac tivities: she took care of the sick during the typus epidemic, provid ed food and medicine for starving Yemenite famililes and the sick in t he Mishkanot neighborhood. She received the M.B.E. award (Member of t he British Empire) by the British, but later returned it as a protes t during the Arab revolts of 1936-1939. Her husband, David Yellin, li kewise returned his M.B.E.
David Yellin's father, Joshua Yellin, was originally from Poland and h is mother was from the well-known Sasson family of Baghdad. David Yel lin was the founder of the Hebrew Teachers Siminary in Jerusalem an d a lecturer on medieval literature at the Hebrew University. He wa s also a member of the Ottoman Parliament (in 1913) and was exiled t o Damascus for his Zionist activities. He was a promoter of Hebrew a s a spoken language and also edited his father-in-law's writings.
Ita married David Yellin, son of Joshua Yellin and ?, in 1885. (David Yellin was born on Mar 19, 1864 in Jerusalem, Israel and died on Dec 12, 1941 in Jerusalem, Israel.)
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