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Michelle Waldiger

Michal Waldiger is an Israeli lawyer and politician who has served in the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party since 2021.

born 1969Religious Zionist Party Knesset memberDeputy Minister of FinanceMental health advocacy

Born: 6 January 1969, Bnei Brak
Occupation: politician, lawyer, activist
Party: The Jewish Home, Religious Zionist Party
Education: Bar-Ilan University, Ulpanit Bnei Akiva

Michelle Waldiger was born in 1969 in Bnei Brak

Waldiger was born in Bnei Brak in 1969 to a religious Zionist family. She is the great-granddaughter of Rabbi Naftali Trop. She studied at the Bnei Akiva ulpana in Tel Aviv and did national service at Kibbutz Hafetz Haim.

She earned a law degree from Bar-Ilan University and ran a law firm focused mainly on commercial law. In 2014 she founded Emunatech, a group for families of people with mental illness and addiction. In 2017 she became head of Bat Ami, a national service organization.

In 2013 she was elected to the Givat Shmuel council for the Jewish Home. She entered the Knesset in 2021 in 2nd place on the Religious Zionist list and was reelected in 2022. She became Deputy Minister of Finance and resigned in October 2023, during the Swords of Iron war.

In August 2025 she became chair of the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee. In May 2025 she made remarks about Gaza in an exchange with Ahmad Tibi, which a UN Human Rights Council report later cited. She is married with 5 children and lives in Givat Shmuel.