Yehuda Meir Abramowicz

Yehuda Meir Abramowicz was born in 1915 in Konstantynów Łódzki

Abramowicz was born in 1914 in Poland. His father, Tzvi Yitzchok Abramowicz, was a shochet and a Ger follower. He lost his father as a baby and his mother as a teenager.

Rabbi Meir Shapiro brought him to Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, where he was ordained as a rabbi. There he gave a daily Daf Yomi lecture at a Lublin synagogue.

After marrying Hanna Weidslavsky, he moved to the Land of Israel in 1935 and taught Gemara for 5 years. In 1940 he became general secretary of Agudat Yisrael there, and he attended the declaration of independence as its senior representative. He helped found the Chinuch Atzmai school network.

He was elected to the Tel Aviv council in 1950 and later served as deputy mayor. He entered the Knesset in 1971 after the death of Yitzhak-Meir Levin and served until 1981. He passed 7 private bills, including laws on seat belts and separate beaches.

In 1980 he became chairman of the world executive of Agudat Yisrael, a post he held until his death. He died in 2007 and was buried on Har HaMenuchot near his teacher.