Shlomo Dayan ( he, שלמה דיין, born 6 November 1952) is an Israeli rabbi and former politician.
Biography
Born in
Tétouan
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,
Morocco
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in 1952, Dayan 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 1962. He studied at the Sha'arit Yosef
yeshiva
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in
Be'er Ya'akov and was certified as a rabbi.
He joined
Shas
Shas ( he, ש״ס) is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 under the leadership of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, it primarily ...
in the 1980s, and served as a member of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
city council and deputy chairman of the city's Religious Council between 1983 and 1988.
Shlomo Dayan: Public Activities
Knesset website From 1985 until 1987 he chaired the party's Organisation Committee, and in 1988 was elected to the Knesset on the party's list. He was appointed a Deputy Speaker and sat on several committees until losing his seat in the 1992 elections.
In 2008 Dayan was convicted of fraud and forgery and sentenced to 4 months of community service.
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References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Deputy Speakers of the Knesset
Israeli Orthodox rabbis
Israeli politicians convicted of fraud
Jewish Israeli politicians
Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992)
Moroccan emigrants to Israel
20th-century Moroccan Jews
People from Tétouan
Rabbinic members of the Knesset
Shas politicians