Politicsיהודה וייספיש

Yehuda Weisfish

Yehuda Weisfish is an Israeli Haredi activist and Degel HaTorah politician who founded the Union of Yeshiva Students and was elected to the 26th Knesset.

born 1985Founding the Union of Yeshiva StudentsDegel HaTorah Knesset member

Occupation: politician
Party: Banner of the Torah

Yehuda Weisfish was born in 1985 in Ashdod

Weisfish was born in 1985 and grew up in Ashdod in a Lithuanian Haredi family. His father, Yehoshua David Weisfish, was a teacher at a Talmud Torah school in Ashdod.

He studied at the Grodno yeshiva in Be'er Ya'akov. After he married in the 2000s, he moved to Modi'in Illit.

In 2011 he opened the first Internet café in Modi'in Illit. He began by organizing local groups with lessons, talks and guided trips, and the effort spread to other cities. In 2014 it became a formal organization named the Union of Yeshiva Students, which he heads.

Under his management the organization runs about 358 branches and a youth movement. In 2020 its center opened in Modi'in Illit. He is a close associate of Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch.

Ahead of the election for the 26th Knesset he was placed 4th on the Degel HaTorah list, part of United Torah Judaism, and was elected. He lives in Modi'in Illit, is married and has children.