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Avi Vartzman

Avi Wortzman is an Israeli politician who was a Knesset member for the Jewish Home and served as Deputy Minister of Education from 2013.

born 1970Deputy Minister of EducationThe 929 Bible study projectFounding Beit Moria in Beersheba

Born: 29 October 1970, Beersheba
Occupation: politician
Party: The Jewish Home
Education: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Founded: 929 - Bible Together (2014), 1993)

Avi Vartzman was born in 1970 in Beersheba

Wortzman was born in Beersheba on 29 October 1970 and grew up there. He studied at the Ohel Shlomo yeshiva in Beersheba and at the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem.

He served in the Givati Brigade through the Or Etzion hesder yeshiva.

In 1993 he cofounded Beit Moria, a Torah community group in Beersheba. In 2002 he helped found the Mibereshit movement in education and led it until 2009. In 2008 he headed a municipal list in Beersheba that won 3 seats, and he became deputy mayor in charge of welfare and community.

He entered the Knesset in 2013 on the Jewish Home list and was appointed Deputy Minister of Education on 18 March 2013. He promoted the 929 daily Bible study project. He left the Knesset in 2015 after the party won 8 seats, returned briefly on 3 December 2015, and gave up the seat to stay at the Adi Negev rehabilitation village, which he heads.

In 2016 he became chairman of the Jewish Home central committee. He is married to Ilanit and has 4 children.