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Joseph Goldsmith

Yosef Goldschmidt was an Israeli educator and National Religious Party politician who served in the Knesset from 1969 to 1974.

1907 to 1981Leading religious state educationDeputy Minister of Internal AffairsDeputy Mayor of Jerusalem

Died: 25 July 1981, Israel
Occupation: politician, pedagogue, educator
Party: National Religious Party
Education: University of London, LMU Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt

Joseph Goldsmith was born in 1907 in Frankfurt

Goldschmidt was born in Frankfurt in 1907. His father, Rabbi Yaakov Eliezer, was among the founders of the Orthodox Adass Jeschurun community there.

He studied at a yeshiva and at universities in Frankfurt, Munich and London. He qualified to teach biology, chemistry and geography in high schools.

In 1935 he moved to the Land of Israel and taught in Jerusalem. From 1942 to 1948 he supervised schools, and he later supervised the Mizrachi school network. He became deputy director general of the Ministry of Education and Culture in 1952 and headed its religious education section from 1953 to 1968.

He entered the Knesset in 1969, replacing Yosef Burg, and served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. He later chaired the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. He was not on the party list in 1973 and lost his seat.

He then served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem. He was married twice, and his children were Eliezer Goldschmidt and Yemima Ben-Menahem. He died on 25 July 1981.