{{Short description|Israeli activist and diplomat}} '''Shlomo Ginossar''' ({{Langx|he|שלמה גינוסר}}; born '''Shlomo Ginzberg''' October 16, 1889 – January 1, 1969) was a Zionist activist and Israeli diplomat.
==Biography== He was born in Odessa, Ukraine. Shlomo Ginzberg, (later Ginossar) immigrated with his family from Russian to the Ottoman Empire as a young man. He was the son of Ahad Ha'am.
His future wife, Rosa, was the daughter of family friends.<ref name="Macmillan">''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', 2 ed., vol. 7, Ginossar (Née Hacohen), Rosa, Macmillan Reference USA, 2007, pp. 607-608</ref> In 1910, they studied at the University of Paris together and married in Switzerland in 1917.<ref name="Rosa Ginossar">{{cite web|last1 = Katvan|first1 = Eyal|last2 = Halperin-Kaddari|first2 = Ruth|title = Rosa Ginossar|url = http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/ginossar-rosa|website = Jewish Women's Archive|accessdate = August 9, 2020}}</ref>
He was the chief Administrator of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israel's Ambassador to Italy from 1949 until 1951.<ref name="Italy">{{cite web |title=Italy |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/AboutTheMinistry/Israeli%20ambassadors/Pages/Italy.aspx |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref name="JTA">{{cite web |title=Rites Held in Jerusalem for Shlomo Ginossar, Son of Achad Haam; Dies at 79 |url=https://www.jta.org/1969/01/02/archive/rites-held-in-jerusalem-for-shlomo-ginossar-son-of-achad-haam-dies-at-79 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |accessdate=9 August 2020}}</ref>
Ginossar was a resident of Jerusalem's Rehavia neighborhood.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-10-02/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/jerusalems-rehavia-celebrates-a-century-and-fears-for-its-future/00000183-8a58-d4a7-afb7-af5ff4 Jerusalem's Rehavia Celebrates a Century – and Fears for Its Future]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Haaretz</ref> He died in Tel Aviv.
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