Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg
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Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg was an Israel
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1949 until 1951, and again from 1955 until his death in 1963.
which is today Poland
, Greenberg was a member of the Religious Zionist
Young Mizrachi and Mizrachi Pioneers youth movements.
In 1934 he made aliyah
to Mandate Palestine, where he became a member of Hapoel HaMizrachi
. In 1949 he was elected to the first Knesset
on the United Religious Front
list (an alliance of the four main religious parties), but lost his seat in the 1951 elections
. He returned to the Knesset after the 1955 elections
, by which time Hapoel HaMizrachi had formed the National Religious Party
together with Mizrachi
, and was appointed Deputy Speaker. He remained a member of the Knesset and Deputy Speaker until his death in 1963, when he was replaced by Moshe Kelmer
.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1949 until 1951, and again from 1955 until his death in 1963.
Biography
Born in Sokołów Podlaski in an area of the Russian EmpireRussian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
which is today Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Greenberg was a member of the Religious Zionist
Religious Zionism
Religious Zionism is an ideology that combines Zionism and Jewish religious faith...
Young Mizrachi and Mizrachi Pioneers youth movements.
In 1934 he made aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel . It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida . The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile...
to Mandate Palestine, where he became a member of Hapoel HaMizrachi
Hapoel HaMizrachi
Hapoel HaMizrachi |Mizrachi]] Workers) was a political party and settlement movement in Israel and is one of the predecessors of the National Religious Party.-History:...
. In 1949 he was elected to the first Knesset
Israeli legislative election, 1949
Elections for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly independent Israel on 25 January 1949. Voter turnout was 86.9%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset...
on the United Religious Front
United Religious Front
The United Religious Front was a political alliance of the four major religious parties in Israel, as well as the Union of Religious Independents, formed to fight the 1949 elections.-History:...
list (an alliance of the four main religious parties), but lost his seat in the 1951 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1951
Elections for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July 1951. Voter turnout was 75.1%.-Results:¹ Rostam Bastuni, Avraham Berman and Moshe Sneh left Mapam and set up the Left Faction. Bastuni later returned to Mapam whilst Berman and Sneh joined Maki. Hannah Lamdan and David Livschitz left...
. He returned to the Knesset after the 1955 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1955
Elections for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July 1955. Voter turnout was 82.8%.-Results:Mapai retained its plurality in the Knesset, although its share of the vote dropped by 5.1 and its share of seats dropped from 47 to 40...
, by which time Hapoel HaMizrachi had formed the National Religious Party
National Religious Party
The National Religious Party ) was a political party in Israel representing the religious Zionist movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992...
together with Mizrachi
Mizrachi (political party)
Mizrachi was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day National Religious Party.-History:The Mizrachi movement was founded in 1902 in Vilnius as a religious Zionist organisation. It also had a trade union, Hapoel HaMizrachi, started in 1921...
, and was appointed Deputy Speaker. He remained a member of the Knesset and Deputy Speaker until his death in 1963, when he was replaced by Moshe Kelmer
Moshe Kelmer
Moshe Kelmer was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset in three spells between 1949 and 1963.-Biography:Born in an area which is today in Poland, Kelmer joined Young Mizrachi during his youth. He made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1921, and was amongst the founders of Hapoel...
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