National Religious Party
Born 1936 in Haifa
Married, 4 children
Residence: Bnei Brak
Passed Away: 20.1.98

 

 

Education

B.A. & Teaching Certificate, Judaism & Bible,
Bar-Ilan University
Graduate of the National Defense Institute
Honorary Doctorates from Bar-Ilan University, Yeshiva University,
Touro College & the Open University

Profession

Teacher

Languages

Hebrew & English

Positions held in

7th Knesset : Deputy Minister of Education & Culture
8th Knesset :
Member, Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee;
Education & Culture Committee
Minister of Welfare
9th Knesset : Minister of Education & Culture
10th Knesset : Minister of Education & Culture
11th Knesset : Member, Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee
12th Knesset :
Minister of Religious Affairs
Minister of Education & Culture (from June 1990)
13th Knesset : Member, Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee
14th Knesset :
Minister of Education,
Culture and Sports Deputy Prime Minister

Chairman, Bar-Ilan University Students' Union
Member of the Presidium of the Israeli Students'
Association and responsible for the World Organisation
of Jewish Students Leader of the " Bnei Akiva"
Youth Movement Chairman of the National Religious Party
Honorary Chairman, International Mizrachi Movement