Moshe Ze'ev Feldman (; 14 November 1930 – 9 February 1997) was an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a member of the

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for

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between 1988 and 1992. He also served as Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Welfare from 1988 until 1989.

Biography

Born in

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in 1930, Feldman's family moved to England in 1936. He was educated at a high school for gifted children, before attending the HaRav Weingorten's

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in Staines and the Shfat Emet yeshiva. He

emigrated to Israel ''Aliyah'' (, ; ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel or the Palestine region, which is today chiefly represented by the State of Israel. Traditionally described ...

in 1949 and studied at . After being certified as a rabbi he became headmaster of the Omar Emet yeshiva in

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, and also headed the Beit Yisrael yeshiva in

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, the Aguda yeshiva in

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and the Karlin yeshiva in Bnei Brak. He joined the

movement, becoming a member of its central committee, World Executive Committee and eventually chairman of the party in Israel. He was elected to the Knesset on its list in

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, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Welfare in

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, although he resigned on 31 October 1989.Twelfth Knesset: Government 23
Knesset website He lost his seat in the 1992 elections. He died in 1997 at the age of 66.

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