Rabbi Hillel Ilan Horowitz (; born 31 March 1964) is an Israeli

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rabbi and politician. He briefly served as a member of the

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for

the Jewish Home The Jewish Home () was an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish, Religious Zionism, religious Zionist and Far-right politics in Israel, far-right political party in Israel. It was originally formed by a merger of the National Religious Party, Mole ...

in 2015.

Biography

Horowitz grew up in

Merkaz Shapira Merkaz Shapira () (lit: Shapira Center) is a religious village in the Southern District of Israel. Located in the southern Shephelah between Kiryat Malakhi and Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shafir Regional Council. In it had a po ...

, and attended Yeshivat Or Etzion, the

Beit El yeshiva The Beit El Yeshiva () is a Religious Zionist Yeshiva situated in the Israeli settlement of Beit El, a community in the Binyamin region near Ramallah in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank. History The Yeshiva was founded in lat ...

, and

Mercaz HaRav Kook Mercaz HaRav (officially, , "The Center of Rabbi ook- the Central Universal Yeshiva") is a national-religious ( Hardal) yeshiva in Jerusalem, founded in 1924 by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Located in the city's Kiryat Moshe neighbo ...

. He graduated from the Military Rabbi course in 1987, and joined the

Military Rabbinate The Military Rabbinate (, ''Heil HaRabanut HaTzvait'') is a corps in the Israel Defense Forces that provides religious services to soldiers, primarily to Jews, but also including non-Jews, and makes decisions on issues of religion and military a ...

, becoming rabbi of the

Givati Brigade The 84th "Givati" Brigade () is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade formed in 1947. During the 1948 war, it was involved in capturing Palestinian villages in operations ''Hametz'', ''Barak'', and ''Pleshet''. Before Israel's 2005 ...

. He later gained an

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from

Ono Academic College Ono Academic College (''in Hebrew'': הקריה האקדמית אונו) is a private college located in Kiryat Ono, Israel with over 18,000 students.

, and in 1990, he became head of a yeshiva in

Kiryat Arba Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba () is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Founded in 1968, in it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the ...

. In 2010, he was appointed Adviser on Settlement Affairs by

Nazareth Illit Nof HaGalil is a city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel with a population of . Nof HaGalil was founded in 1957 as Nazareth Illit (; ), it was planned as a Jewish town overlooking the city of Nazareth and the Jezreel V ...

mayor Shimon Gapso. Prior to the

2013 Knesset elections Early legislative elections were held in Israel on 22 January 2013 to elect the 120 members of the nineteenth Knesset. Public debate over the Tal Law had nearly led to early elections in 2012, but they were aborted at the last moment after Kadi ...

, he was placed 13th on the Jewish Home list. Although the party won 12 seats, Horowitz entered the Knesset on 16 February 2015 as a replacement for Uri Orbach, who died in office. However, he was not on the party's list for the March 2015 elections,The Jewish Home list
Central Elections Committee and lost his seat.

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* 1964 births Living people Israel Defense Forces rabbis Israeli Orthodox rabbis Israeli settlers Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015) Mercaz HaRav alumni Ono Academic College alumni Rabbis in Hebron People from Southern District (Israel) Rabbinic members of the Knesset Religious Zionist Orthodox rabbis Religious Zionist Party politicians The Jewish Home politicians Yeshivat Or Etzion alumni {{Israel-politician-stub