Aliza Bloch

Aliza Bloch was born in 1967 in Kiryat Gat

Bloch was born in Kiryat Gat to parents who immigrated from Tafilalt in Morocco. She was the fifth of 7 siblings and studied at the Bnei Akiva girls' school Neot Avraham in Arad. In her national service she was a youth counselor for Bnei Akiva in Arad and Tiberias.

She holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a doctorate from Bar-Ilan University. Her doctorate dealt with secondary education in development towns.

In 1991 she founded the Bnei Akiva department for immigrant absorption and married Aharon Bloch, settling in Beit Shemesh. She was a teacher and vice-principal at the Givat Gonen school in Jerusalem. In 1998 she founded the upper grades of the Branco Weiss high school in Beit Shemesh and led the school for 14 years.

She ran for mayor in 2013 for the Jewish Home but withdrew when the party backed Eli Cohen. In 2018 she defeated incumbent mayor Moshe Abutbul. In 2024 she lost a runoff to Shmuel Greenberg.

In September 2024 she became president of the Israel Arts and Science Academy and moved to Kiryat Shmona. In 2026 she joined the Unity party and then Blue and White ahead of the Knesset election. She has 4 children.