Yisrael Eichler (, ; born 27 March 1955) is an Israeli politician. A member of
Agudat Yisrael, he served as a member of the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
for the party and the
United Torah Judaism alliance from 2003 until 2005, and again since 2011.
Biography
Born in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, Eichler worked as an author and journalist. He became editor of the Haredi newspaper ''HaMahane HaHaredi'' in 1980, and in 1996 he became chairman of the Centre for Jewish Publicity.
In 2003, he was
elected to the Knesset on the
United Torah Judaism list, an alliance of Agudat Yisrael and
Degel HaTorah. The alliance split in January 2005 and Eichler resigned from the Knesset on 23 February that year; his seat was taken by
Shmuel Halpert
Rabbi Shmuel Halpert ( he, שמואל הלפרט, born 5 February 1939) is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the ultra-Orthodox party Agudat Yisrael (in which he represents the Vizhnitz Hasidim), part of the United ...
.
As part of a seat rotation agreement within United Torah Judaism, Eichler returned to the Knesset on 6 February 2011 as a replacement for
Meir Porush. He served as parliamentary group chairman until 2013. He was re-elected in the
2013 elections
The following elections were occurred in the year 2013.
Asia
* 2013 Armenian local elections 26 May, 17 November, and 8 December 2013
* 2013 Armenian presidential election 18 February 2013
* 2013 Bangladeshi presidential election 22 April 2013
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, and was placed sixth on the UTJ list for the
2015 elections, retaining his seat again as the party won six seats. Following a Supreme Court ruling that public
mikveh
Mikveh or mikvah (, ''mikva'ot'', ''mikvoth'', ''mikvot'', or (Yiddish) ''mikves'', lit., "a collection") is a bath used for the purpose of ritual immersion in Judaism to achieve ritual purity.
Most forms of ritual impurity can be purif ...
facilities must allow use by followers of Conservative and
Reform Judaism in February 2016, he compared non-Orthodox Jews to the "mentally ill".
Personal
Eichler is married and has 14 children. He lives in Jerusalem.
Israel Eichler
Knesset website
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Agudat Yisrael politicians
Deputy Speakers of the Knesset
Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
Israeli journalists
Israeli Orthodox Jews
Jewish Israeli politicians
Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006)
Members of the 18th Knesset (2009–2013)
Members of the 19th Knesset (2013–2015)
Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019)
Members of the 21st Knesset (2019)
Members of the 22nd Knesset (2019–2020)
Members of the 23rd Knesset (2020–2021)
Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)
Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)
Politicians from Jerusalem
United Torah Judaism politicians
Yiddish-speaking people
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