Mordechai Elgrably (, born 14 July 1944) is an Israeli former politician who 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 several parties between 1977 and 1981.

Biography

Born in

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...

, Elgrably received a religious education and was a member of the scout movement. He made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the State of Israel. Traditionally descri ...

to Israel in 1964, and studied economics and mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining an MA. He became chairman of the Oded movement in 1969, and worked as Deputy Director of Planning in the Ministry of Education and Culture between 1971 and 1977. In 1977 he joined the new

Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change (, ''Tnu'a Demokratit LeShinui''), commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash (), was a short-lived and initially highly successful centrist political party in Israel. Formed in 1976 by numerous well-known non-po ...

(Dash) party, and was elected to the Knesset on its list in the

elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

that year. When the party split in 1978 he joined the Democratic Movement faction, but on 5 February 1980 left to sit as an independent.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website On 19 May the following year he joined

Saadia Marciano Saadia Marciano ( he, סעדיה מרציאנו; 1 May 1950 – 21 December 2007) was an Israeli social activist and politician, and founder of the Israeli Black Panthers. Biography Born in Oujda, Morocco in 1950, Marciano's family immigrated t ...

's Equality in Israel - Panthers faction, which was renamed the Unity Party. He lost his seat in the June 1981 elections when the party failed to cross the electoral threshold.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elgrably, Mordechai 1944 births People from Meknes 20th-century Moroccan Jews Moroccan emigrants to Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israeli civil servants Living people Democratic Movement (Israel) politicians Democratic Movement for Change politicians Unity Party (Israel) politicians Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981)