AḤDUT HA-AVODAH,
the name of several publications issued by the
different labor movements in Ereẓ Israel
at various times. (1) The first such periodical
was published in 1919, a few months prior to the
formation of the Aḥdut ha-Avodah Party,
under the editorship of
B. *Katznelson
. It dealt with the ideology of the new party,
labor questions, and contemporary problems of the yishuv.
(2) After the Aḥdut ha-Avodah Party merged
with Ha-Po'el ha-Ẓa'ir in
1930 to form
*Mapai
, an anthology was published under the title Aḥdut
ha-Avodah (2 vols., 1929–32). It contained
articles on all aspects of Jewish life in Ereẓ Israel
and in the Diaspora – political, economic,
and social – by different leaders of the
Aḥdut ha-Avodah Party. The editors were
B. Katznelson,
Shaul Avigur
, and Mordecai Senir. (3) A new social literary
monthly, Aḥdut ha-Avodah, was established
in 1930 and edited by
C. *Arlosoroff
. It continued until 1932. (4) A number of works,
collections of articles, published by Mapai appeared
under the same name between 1943 and 1946. (5)
When Aḥdut ha-Avodah left Mapai to form
a separate party in 1944, it published the weekly Ha-Tenu'ah
le-Aḥdut ha-Avodah (abbreviated to Le-Aḥdut
ha-Avodah). It ceased to exist on Jan. 22,
1946, when Aḥdut ha-Avodah merged with Ha-Shomer
ha-Ẓa'ir to form Mifleget ha-Po'alim
ha-Me'uḥedet (
*Mapam
).