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Aryeh Gamliel

Aryeh Gamliel was an Israeli rabbi and politician who served as a Shas member of the Knesset from 1988 to 2003.

1951 to 2021Shas Knesset member, 1988 to 2003Deputy Minister of Religious AffairsHeading Yeshivat Sderot

Born: 11 March 1951, Beersheba
Died: 6 August 2021, Sderot
Occupation: politician
Party: Shas

Aryeh Gamliel was born in 1951 in Beersheba

Aryeh Gamliel was born in Beersheba on 11 March 1951. His father was Yahya Gamliel.

He studied at Yeshivat HaDarom in Rehovot and Yeshivat HaNegev in Netivot, and was ordained as a rabbi. He also studied at a kollel for rabbinic instruction in Sderot. He went on to head the Hod HaTorah kollel in Sderot.

He entered the Knesset on the Shas list in 1988, placed fourth. After the 1992 election he became Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction in the government of Yitzhak Rabin, and resigned in September 1993. After the 1996 election he served as Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs until 1999.

In 1999 he was reelected, second on the list after Aryeh Deri. In May 2001 the Shas Council of Torah Sages decided he must resign from the Knesset. Before the 2003 election he helped found the Ahavat Yisrael party but left it, and he lost his seat in 2003.

He headed Yeshivat Sderot and wrote the book Beit Gamliel on Maimonides. He was married with 8 children and died on 6 August 2021.