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Avraham Deutsch

Avraham Deutsch was a Hungarian-born rabbi and educator who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael from 1951 to 1953.

1889 to 1953Agudat Yisrael Knesset memberOrthodox Jewish education in BudapestThe Bermuda ConferenceAgudat Yisrael school network

Died: 25 May 1953, Israel
Occupation: politician, rabbi, philosopher
Party: Union of Israel
Education: University of Vienna

Avraham Deutsch was born in 1889 in Austria–Hungary

Avraham Deutsch was born in 1889 in Hungary, then part of Austria-Hungary. He studied in yeshivas and was ordained as a rabbi. He served as a rabbi in the town of Kolsol.

He later studied at the University of Vienna. He earned a doctorate in pedagogy and philosophy.

In 1920 he became director of the educational institutions of the Orthodox community in Budapest. In 1943 he represented Hungarian Jews at the Bermuda Conference on the fate of Jewish refugees. During the war he was sent to Bergen-Belsen and reached Switzerland on the Kastner train.

After moving to Israel, he chaired the education department of Agudat Yisrael and became chief supervisor of its school network. In 1951 he was elected to the Knesset on the party's list. He sat on several committees and was the only member of his faction to vote for accepting reparations from Germany.

He died on 25 May 1953 while still serving in the Knesset. His seat went to Zalman Ben-Ya'akov.