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Pinhas Scheinman

Pinhas Scheinman was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party from 1974 to 1981.

1912 to 1999Knesset Deputy SpeakerLeading Tel Aviv religious councilsSmuts Boulevard central synagogue

Born: 1 July 1912, Kraków
Died: 10 October 1999, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: National Religious Party

Pinhas Scheinman was born in 1912 in Kraków

Pinhas Scheinman was born in Kraków on 1 July 1912. He studied at yeshivas and a high school, and later at a business school.

In Poland he was active in the Young Mizrachi movement and became its secretary general, a post he also held in the Mizrachi movement. He sat on the board of Torah VeAvoda and served as a delegate to Zionist Congresses.

He immigrated to Israel in 1948 and became secretary general of Hapoel HaMizrachi. He headed the Tel Aviv-Yafo Religious Council and the Society of Religious Councils in Israel, and chaired the Tel Aviv branch of the National Religious Party.

He was elected to the Knesset in 1973 and re-elected in 1977, serving as Deputy Speaker in both terms. He lost his seat in the 1981 elections.

He headed the central synagogue on Smuts Boulevard in Tel Aviv, which he helped found, and taught classes there as a volunteer. He was named an honored citizen of Tel Aviv in 1989 and died on 10 October 1999.