Mordechai Nurock
Mordechai Nurock | |
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Minister of Postal Services | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
| 1951–1955 | Mizrachi |
| 1955–1962 | National Religious Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1879 Tukums, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 November 1962 (aged 83) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Mordechai Nurock (
Minister of Postal Services
, though he only held the post for less than two months.
Biography
Markus Nurock was born in Tukums in the Russian Empire (today in Latvia). His father was the rabbi of Tukums and Jelgava. Nurock studied under his father and was ordained as a rabbi. After finishing high school, he attended universities in Russia, Germany and Switzerland, gaining a PhD in philosophy. In 1913, he replaced his father as rabbi of Jelgava, before moving to Russia in 1915.
A
Mizrachi party until the parliament was dissolved in 1934. Following Latvia's occupation by the Soviet Union, he was exiled to Turkmenistan due to his Zionist activities. His wife and two children were killed in the Holocaust, and Nurock made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine
in 1947.
Political career
After arriving in Palestine, Nurock became involved in politics, joining
Minister of Postal Services in David Ben-Gurion's third government on 3 November 1952. The following month, he stood as a candidate in the presidential election, held after the death of Chaim Weizmann. However, he finished second to Mapai's Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. Later in the month the government collapsed and a new government
excluding Mizrachi ministers was established on 24 December, resulting in Nurock losing his place in the cabinet.
Nurock was re-elected in 1955 (by which time Mizrachi had merged into the National Religious Party), 1959 and 1961, serving until his death on 8 November 1962.[1] After his death, Nurock was replaced by Shalom-Avraham Shaki.
References
- ^ "הרב מרדכי נורוק ". Davar (in Hebrew). 9 November 1962. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
External links
- Mordechai Nurock on the Knesset website
- Biography in the Jewish Electronic Encyclopedia
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