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Saturday, April 24, 2010 - 2:51 PM
Sharett wrote personal diaries, which were published posthumously. His
son Yaakov founded an Institute for his heritage[10].
Many cities have streets and neighborhoods named after him. Since 1987,
Sharett has appeared on the 20 NIS bills. The bill first featured
Sharett, with the names of his books in small print, and with a small
image of him presenting the Israeli flag to the United Nations in 1949. On the back of the bill, there was
an image of the Herzliya Hebrew High School, from which he graduated. In
1998 the bill went through a graphic revision, the list of Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire's
books on the front side was replaced by part of Sharett's 1949 speech in
the UN. The back side now features an image of Jewish Brigade volunteers, part of a speech by Sharett on
the radio after visiting the Brigade in Italy, and
the list of his books in small print.
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