Politicsמנחם ידיד

Menachem Yedid

Menachem Yedid was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal and Likud from 1965 to 1977.

1918 to 2013Knesset member for Gahal and LikudCo-founding the Herut movementLeading the Aleppo émigré community

Born: 15 January 1918, Aleppo
Died: 5 May 2013, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: Gahal

Menachem Yedid was born in 1918 in Aleppo

Menachem Yedid was born in 1918 in Aleppo, Syria. His father was the kabbalist rabbi Yom Tov Yedid HaLevi. He studied at a high school and a yeshiva in Aleppo.

In 1935 he moved to Mandatory Palestine and joined Betar. He later joined the Irgun and was arrested by the British in 1939 and in 1946. He was also a member of the secretariat and executive committee of the National Labour Federation.

In 1948 he was among the founders of Herut and set up its branch in the Hatikva Quarter of Tel Aviv, which he chaired. He worked for the Tel Aviv municipality and was elected to the Knesset on the Gahal list in 1965. He was re-elected in 1969 and 1973 and lost his seat in 1977.

He was secretary of the Association of Aleppo and Syrian Émigrés and served on the board of trustees of the Aleppo Codex. In 1994 he was named Yakir Tel Aviv-Yafo, and in 2001 he published a book about his activity. He died on 5 May 2013.