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Moshe Roth

Moshe Roth is an Israeli lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for United Torah Judaism from 2023 to 2025.

born 1964Representing Sanz Hasidism in the KnessetChairing the Knesset Ethics CommitteeLaniado Hospital board work

Moshe Roth
Born
13 February 1964, Crown Heights
Occupation
politician
Party
United Torah Judaism
Education
Ono Academic College

Moshe Roth was born in 1964 in Crown Heights

Moshe Shimon Roth was born on 13 February 1964 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. His father, Chaim Alter Roth, co-founded Laniado Hospital in Netanya and was an Agudath Israel activist in the United States. As a child he studied at Sanz Hasidic schools and later at the Lucerne Yeshiva in Switzerland.

He moved to Israel alone at 20. He earned a law degree from Ono Academic College and worked as a lawyer in contracts, inheritance and real estate. He also gives regular Torah lessons and lives in Bnei Brak.

From 1996 to 1999 he advised Deputy Housing Minister Meir Porush on neighborhood rehabilitation. In 1999 he joined the board of Laniado Hospital and negotiated its recovery plan with the Health Ministry. He also headed the management of the Sanz institutions in Bnei Brak.

He was the first Sanz Hasidic representative on the United Torah Judaism list, placed tenth in 2021, but was not elected. Placed ninth in 2022, he entered the Knesset in January 2023 under the Norwegian Law after Meir Porush resigned his seat. He served as Deputy Speaker, chaired the Ethics Committee from July 2024, and left the Knesset in July 2025.

Milestones in Moshe Roth's life

  1. 1964

    Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

  2. 1996

    Became an advisor to Deputy Housing Minister Meir Porush.

  3. 1999

    Joined the board of Laniado Hospital.

  4. 2021

    Ran tenth on the United Torah Judaism list but was not elected.

  5. 2023

    Entered the Knesset under the Norwegian Law.

  6. 2024

    Became chairman of the Knesset Ethics Committee.

  7. 2025

    Resigned as Deputy Speaker and left the Knesset.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Moshe Roth and Hebrew Wikipedia, משה רוט, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: Noam Moskowitz, CC BY-SA 4.0

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