Zorach Warhaftig
Zorach Warhaftig | |
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Minister of Religions | |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
1951–1955 | Hapoel HaMizrachi |
1955–1969 | National Religious Party |
1974–1981 | National Religious Party |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 February 1906 Volkovysk, Russian Empire |
Died | 26 September 2002 | (aged 96)
Zorach
Early life and education
Zorach Warhaftig was born in
Second World War
At the start of World War II,
Palestine (1947) and Israel
In 1947, Warhaftig
The party contended in the 1951 elections alone. Although it won only two seats, it was included in David Ben-Gurion's coalition, and Warhaftig was appointed Deputy Minister of Religions in the fourth government. In 1956, Hapoel HaMizrachi and Mizrachi merged to form the National Religious Party. Warhaftig led the party and retained his ministerial role until the end of the third Knesset.
After the
In 1970, he was elected chairman of the curatorium of Bar-Ilan University.[8][9]
Warhaftig's arguably most important contribution to the Israeli state's character was his part in authoring the
Awards and recognition
- In 1983 Warhaftig was awarded the Israel Prize, for his special contribution to society and the State of Israel in the advancement of Hebrew law.[10]
- In 1989 he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award from the city of Jerusalem.[11]
The Dr. Zerah Warhaftig Institute for Research on Religious Zionism at Bar Ilan University is named for him.[12]
See also
- Members of the first Knesset
- Michael Dennis Rohan
- Chiune Sugihara
- List of Israel Prize recipients
References
- ^ a b Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Zorach Warhaftig, Israel Story podcast with The Times of Israel, 4 Apr 2023, accessed 6 Apr 2023.
- ^ a b "Zerach Warhaftig". Encyclopedia Britannica. 2020.
- ^ Prof. David Kranzler,The Grand Escape from Lithuania To Japan - The Jewish Observer, June 2000
- ^ "Jan Zwartendijk. - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum".
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- ^ a b Warhaftig 1988, p. 239.
- ^ "Warhaftig, Zerah". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Warhaftig, Zerah". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1983" (in Hebrew).
- ^ "Recipients of Yakir Yerushalayim award" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. City of Jerusalem official website
- ^ Zerah Warhaftig Institute for Research on Religious Zionism Archived August 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Published works
- “A Constitution for Israel” an article in Yavne Compilation: Political Problems in Israel pgs 17-21, (Hebrew, April 1949)
- “On Rabbinical Judgments in Israel” (collected speeches) (Hebrew, 1956)
- “Legal Issues in the Talmud” (from lectures) (Hebrew, 1957)
- Editor with Shlomo Zeven: “Remembrance: a Torah Collection in Memory of Rabbi Yizhak HaLevi Herzog” (Hebrew, 1962)
- “Chattel in Jewish Law” (Hebrew, 1964)
- “Problems of State and Religion” (articles and speeches) (Hebrew, 1973)
- Edited: “Religion and State in Legislation: A Collection of Laws and Rulings” (Hebrew, 1973)
- “The Declaration of Independence and Orders for the Order of Government and the Judiciary (1948 and Problems of Religion and State)” in The Book of Shragai (Hebrew, 1982)
- “Refugee and Remnant during the Holocaust” (Hebrew, 1984)
- “Researches in Jewish Law” (Hebrew, 1985)
- “A Constitution for Israel – Religion and State” (Hebrew, 1988)
- Warhaftig, Zorach (1988). Refugee and Survivor: Rescue Attempts during the Holocaust. Jerusalem: ISBN 9789653080058.
External links
- Zorach Warhaftig on the Knesset website
- Credo-type article based on an intetview. At Azure - Ideas for the Jewish Nation 1999, No. 6. Accessed 6 April 2023
- Obituary by Lawrence Joffe for The Guardian, 8 Oct 2002. Accessed 6 April 2023