Meir Porush

Meir Porush was born in 1955 in Jerusalem

Porush was born in Jerusalem in 1955. His father, Menachem Porush, was a Knesset member for Agudat Yisrael, and his grandfather was an Agudat Yisrael activist. He studied at the Etz Chaim yeshiva in Jerusalem and later at the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak.

He married at 20 and later did a short army service as a religious affairs NCO. He was a Boyan Hasid until 2007, when he was expelled from the movement, and then drew close to Vizhnitz. He founded the newspaper HaMevaser with his father.

He ran for mayor of Jerusalem in 1983 and was elected to the city council, later serving as deputy mayor. He entered the Knesset in 1996 and served as Deputy Minister of Housing under Netanyahu and later under Sharon. He lost the 2008 Jerusalem mayoral race to Nir Barkat.

He served several times as Deputy Minister of Education and left the Knesset more than once under rotation deals. In the 37th government he became Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition. He returned to the Knesset in July 2025 and was elected to the 26th Knesset.

He leads the Shlomei Emunim faction within Agudat Yisrael. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Rachel and their 12 children.