Yaffa Feinberg

Biography

Yaffa Feinberg was an American volunteer who served in Israel’s War of Independence. She served in the Palmach as a machine gunner, in Gdud Rishon (First Battalion) and Gdud Revi’i (Fourth Battalion).

She fought at Malkiah, Nebi Yusha, Hartuv and Deira, and took part in the opening of the Burma Road to besieged Jerusalem.

Yaffa Feinberg died on 21 April 2014. She lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey.