Moshe Gafni

Moshe Gafni

Moshe Gafni ( Hebrew משה גפני; * May 5, 1952 in Bnei Berak ) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset of the Charedi ("ultra-Orthodox") party Degel haTora .

Gafni was educated at a yeshiva and then worked as the director of a kollel ( Hebrew כּוֹלֵל; lit. Talmud College). He became a member of the Degel haTora Knesset in 1988 and was appointed Deputy Minister for Religious Services on July 23, 1990 . He held this office until July 13, 1992.

Gafni opposed the Israeli Supreme Court decision to recognize homosexual marriages abroad by stating, “We do not have a Jewish state here. We have Sodom and Gomorrah here. "

However, he was one of the few ultra-Orthodox politicians who condemned the violence perpetrated by Charedim in the 2006 Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade . As a result, he was attacked on June 24, 2010 in Me'a She'arim while visiting a synagogue . The two TYY MPs Uri Maklev and Moshe Gafni had previously visited the Rabbi von Slonim, who lives in Me'a She'arim , and then went to the synagogue to pray. When they first appeared, they were attacked by young extremists from Neturei Karta , who spat on them and hit them with stones, beatings and a chair.

Gafni lives in Bnei Brak, is married and has three children.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=35
2. ↑ In precedent-setting ruling court says state must recognize gay marriage ( Memento of the original dated February 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Haaretz, November 21, 2006 
3. ↑ Study Torah or be drafted Haaretz, 2006
4. ^ Knesset Member, Moshe Gafni. Retrieved December 2, 2018 .