Ministry of Religious Services (Israel)
The Ministry of Religious Services ( Hebrew הַמִּשְׂרָד לְשֵׁירוּתֵי דָּת ha-Misrad lə-Scherūtey Dat ; formerly Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ministry of Religious Exercise ) is an Israeli ministry. The ministry appoints religious councils and covers shortfalls of up to 40% of approved budgets for religious services and facilities, and provides financial support for yeshivot . It is responsible for the planning and financing of synagogues and mikvehs and oversees the Jewish holy places. In addition, he is responsible for organizing Torah lessons, public religious celebrations, attesting ritual harmlessness ( kashrut ) in public institutions and government institutions, and maintaining religious contacts with Jews in the diaspora. It is also responsible for the religious practice of non-Jewish groups in Israel. It provides funding for the main rabbinate and the rabbinical courts. It also takes care of additional religious instruction for disadvantaged youth and provides schools, immigrants and the needy with Jewish ritual items.
List of ministers
minister | Political party | government | Term of office |
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Jehuda Leib Fischmann |
HaMisrachi HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
1st, 2nd | May 14, 1948 - October 8, 1951 |
Chaim Mosque Shapira |
HaPo'el haMisrachi National Religious Party |
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th | Oct 8, 1951 - July 1, 1958 |
Ja'akov Moshe Toledano | not a member of the Knesset | 8th, 9th | Dec. 3, 1958 - Oct. 15, 1960 |
Serach Truly | National Religious Party | 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th | Nov. 2, 1961 - March 10, 1974 |
Yitzchak Rafa'el | National Religious Party | 16. | March 10, 1974 - June 3, 1974 |
Chaim Josef Zadok | HaMa'arach | 17th | June 3, 1974 - October 29, 1974 |
Yitzchak Rafa'el | National Religious Party | 17th | Oct. 30, 1974 - Dec. 22, 1976 |
Chaim Josef Zadok | HaMa'arach | 17th | Jan. 16, 1977 - June 20, 1977 |
Aharon Abuchazira | National Religious Party | 18th | June 20, 1977 - Aug. 5, 1981 |
Josef Castle | National Religious Party | 19., 20. | Aug 5, 1981 - Sep 13 1984 |
Shimon Peres | HaMa'arach | 21st | 13 Sep 1984 - Dec 23, 1984 |
Josef Castle | National Religious Party | 21st | 13 Sep 1984 - Oct 5, 1986 |
Zebulun hammer | National Religious Party | 21., 22., 23. | Oct 7, 1986 - June 11, 1990 |
Owner-Chai Shaki | National Religious Party | 24. | June 11, 1990 - July 13, 1992 |
Yitzhak Rabin | Avoda | 25th | July 13, 1992 - Feb. 27, 1995 |
Shim'on Shitrit | Avoda | 25., 26. | Feb. 27, 1995 - June 18, 1996 |
Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 27. | June 18, 1996 - Aug. 7, 1996 |
Elijahu Suissa | Schas | 27. | Aug 7, 1996 - Aug 12, 1997 |
Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 27. | Aug 12, 1997 - Aug 22, 1997 |
Zebulun hammer | National Religious Party | 27. | 22 Aug 1997 - 20 Jan 1998 |
Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 27. | Jan 20, 1998 - Feb 25, 1998 |
Yitzchak Levy | National Religious Party | 27. | Feb 25, 1998 - Sep 13 1998 |
Elijahu Suissa | Schas | 27. | 13 Sep 1998 - July 6, 1999 |
Yitzchak Kohen | Schas | 28. | July 6, 1999 - July 11, 2000 |
Jossi Beilin | Jisra'el agate | 28. | Oct 11, 2000 - March 7, 2001 |
Asher Ochana | not a member of the Knesset | 29 | March 7, 2001 - Feb. 28, 2003 |
Ariel Sharon | Likud | 30th | Feb 28, 2003 - Dec 31, 2003 |
Yitzchak Kohen | Schas | 31. | Jan 14, 2008 - March 31, 2009 |
Jakob Margi | Schas | 32. | March 31, 2009 - March 18, 2013 |
Naftali Bennett | HaBajit haJehudi | 33. | March 18, 2013 - May 14, 2015 |
David Azulai | Schas | 34. | May 14, 2015 - October 30, 2018 |
Yitzhak Vaknin | Schas | 34. | January 1, 2019 - May 17, 2020 |
Yaakov Avitan | Schas | 35. | since May 17, 2020 |
Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister | Political party | government | Term of office |
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Serach Truly |
HaPo'el haMisrachi National Religious Party |
4th | Jan 5, 1953 - Jan 26, 1954 |
Serach Truly |
HaPo'el haMisrachi National Religious Party |
7th, 8th | Jan. 9, 1956 - July 1, 1958 |
Benjamin Schachor | National Religious Party | 13., 14. | Feb. 1, 1966 - Nov. 17, 1969 |
Chaim Druckman | National Religious Party | 19th | Aug 11, 1981 - March 2, 1982 |
Moshe Gafni | Degel haTora | 24. | July 23, 1990 - July 13, 1992 |
Rafael Pinchasi | Schas | 25th | Dec 31, 1992 - Sep 14 1993 |
Arje Gamli'el | Schas | 27. | Aug 13, 1996 - Aug 22, 1997 Aug 24, 1997 - Jan 20, 1998 Feb 25, 1998 - July 6, 1999 |
Jig'al Bibi | National Religious Party | 27. 27. 28. |
Aug 13, 1996 - Jan 20, 1998 Feb 25, 1998 - July 6, 1999 Aug 5, 1999 - July 12, 2000 |
Eli Ben-Dahan | HaBajit haJehudi | 33. | March 18, 2013 - May 14, 2015 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Ministry of Religious Affairs. In: jewishvirtuallibrary.org