Yehuda Leib Maimon
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Yehuda Leib Maimon | |
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Ministerial roles | |
1948–1951 | Minister of Religions |
1948–1951 | Minister of War Victims |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1875 Mărculești, Russian Empire |
Died | 10 July 1962 | (aged 87)
Yehuda Leib Maimon (Hebrew: יהודה לייב מימון, 1 January 1875 – 10 July 1962,[1] also known as Yehuda Leib HaCohen Maimon) was an Israeli rabbi, politician and leader of the Religious Zionist movement. He was Israel's first Minister of Religions.[2]
Biography
Yehuda Leib Fishman (later Maimon) was born in
In 1913, Maimon immigrated to Palestine (then part of the Ottoman Empire), but was expelled during World War I.[3] He moved to the United States, where he organised the Mizrachi movement.[1]
He returned to pre-State Israel in 1919.[3] there he was one of the founders of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.[1] In 1939 he participated in the St James's Palace Conference representing the Jews in Mandatory Palestine. In 1946 Maimon was arrested by the British during Operation Agatha.[5] He was Elected to the Committee of Five that edited the final format of the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers. In Israel he was served as a member of The Knesset, Minister of Religions and Minister of Victims of War.[1]
He passed away in 1962 in Assuta hospital in Tel aviv.[5][1]
His sister Ada also served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai. One of his great grand-daughters is the model Nina Brosh.
Political career
After returning to Mandate Palestine (now under British control) in 1919, Maimon became leader of Mizrachi in the country and together with Abraham Isaac Kook he helped establish the Chief Rabbinate. He was elected to the board of the Jewish Agency in 1935.[4] In 1936, he founded Mossad Harav Kook,[6] a religious research foundation and notable publishing house named in honor of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook.
Maimon helped draft
Awards and recognition
In 1958, he was awarded the Israel Prize for his contribution to Rabbinical literature.[7][1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Yehuda Leib Maimon". The Knesset. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ Yehuda Leib Maimon: Particulars Knesset website
- ^ a b c d e Yehuda Leib Maimon: Knesset Activities Knesset website
- ^ a b Yehuda Leib Maimon: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ a b "הרב יהודה לייב מימון _איננו | דבר | 11 July 1962 | Newspapers | The National Library of Israel". The National Library of Israel. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
- ^ About Archived 2012-12-21 at the Wayback Machine Mossad HaRav Kook
- ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1958 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012.
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External links
- Yehuda Leib Maimon on the Knesset website
- "Renewing the Sanhedrin in our New State" Archived 2019-08-05 at the Wayback Machine (English translation)