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Simcha Friedman

Simcha Friedman was an Israeli rabbi, educator and politician who served in the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1969 and 1977.

1911 to 1990National Religious Party Knesset memberReligious Kibbutz Movement educationTeaching Talmud at Bar-Ilan University

Died: 5 January 1990, Israel
Occupation: politician, rabbi, pedagogue, educator
Party: National Religious Party
Education: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Simcha Friedman was born in 1911 in Střížov

Friedman was born in 1911 in Střížov. As a child he moved with his family to Nuremberg.

He studied at a rabbinical seminary in Berlin and at the University of Berlin. From 1935 to 1938 he taught at a Jewish school.

He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1939 and taught at the Mikveh Israel agricultural school. In 1943 he joined kibbutz Tirat Zvi and worked as a teacher and principal in the Religious Kibbutz Movement schools. After a teaching mission in New York, he became a supervisor of religious high schools in the Northern District.

In 1969 he was elected to the Knesset for the National Religious Party and served until the 1973 elections. He returned in 1975 to replace Michael Hasani and served until 1977. He also lectured in the Talmud department at Bar-Ilan University.

He died on 5 January 1990 and was buried at Tirat Zvi. His wife Leah Aliza was buried beside him.