Hagit Moshe

Hagit Moshe was born in 1971 in Beersheba

Hagit Moshe was born on 14 April 1971 in Beersheba to Eliyahu and Yehudit Cohen, who immigrated to Israel from Tunisia. She is the eldest of 6 children. She is married to Itzik Moshe, and the couple has 6 children.

She attended Makif Bet high school in Beersheba and served in the IDF Communications Corps. She holds a bachelor's degree in business and public administration from Touro College and a teaching certificate from the Lifshitz teachers' seminary.

She helped found the Torah BeTzion youth movement in Beersheba and ran its southern district from 1991 to 1993. She later advised several deputy mayors of Jerusalem. From 2002 to 2009 she headed a department in the city's education administration and later held other posts there.

In 2016 she entered the Jerusalem city council and was appointed deputy mayor by Nir Barkat. She has held the education portfolio since 2018. In January 2021 she was elected leader of The Jewish Home, the first woman in the role, but chose not to run for the Knesset.

In August 2023 The Jewish Home merged into the Religious Zionist Party, and she joined its management board.