The Jewish Home
הבית היהודי
The Jewish Home has no seat in the 26th Knesset, elected on 27 October 2026.
The Jewish Home was the religious Zionist party that carried on the National Religious Party, formed in November 2008. Under Naftali Bennett it won 12 seats in 2013 and eight in 2015.
Bennett and Ayelet Shaked left it in December 2018 to found the New Right. It then ran inside the Union of Right-Wing Parties and Yamina, and in 2023 it merged with the Religious Zionist Party.
- Founded
- November 2008
- Made up of
- Religious Zionist Party
- Joint lists
- Yamina, Union of Right-Wing Parties
The best result of The Jewish Home since 2013 was 12 seats, in the election of 2013.
Seats won in each Knesset election since 2013. Where The Jewish Home ran inside a joint list, the column is the whole list's seats.
On its own listThe whole joint list it ran inside
| Election | List | Letters | Votes | Share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Jewish Home | ב | 56,775 | 1.2% | 0 |
| 2020 | Yamina | טב | 240,689 | 5.2% | 6 |
| September 2019 | Yamina | טב | 260,655 | 5.9% | 7 |
| April 2019 | Union of Right-Wing Parties | טב | 159,468 | 3.7% | 5 |
| 2015 | The Jewish Home | טב | 283,910 | 6.7% | 8 |
| 2013 | The Jewish Home | טב | 345,985 | 9.1% | 12 |
The results are the Central Elections Committee's; 2026 is the committee's official results of 4 November 2026. The committee's results
In the election of 2022, The Jewish Home took its highest share of the vote in Efrat, 15.4%.
The five towns of at least 5,000 eligible voters where its list did best that year.
- Efrat15.4%
- Giv'at Shmuel9.0%
- Sha'ar Shomron6.3%
- Karnei Shomron4.1%
- Oranit3.9%
These parties are part of the story of The Jewish Home.
- Religious Zionist PartyThe Religious Zionist Party, called Tkuma until 2021, was founded in October 1998 by Hanan Porat and Zvi Hendel, who left the National Religious Party.
- YaminaYamina was an alliance of right-wing parties that first ran in September 2019, led by Ayelet Shaked, with the New Right, The Jewish Home and Tkuma.
- Union of Right-Wing PartiesThe Union of Right-Wing Parties was the joint list of The Jewish Home, Tkuma and Otzma Yehudit for the election of April 2019, in which it won five seats.
- New RightThe New Right was a right-wing party that Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked founded in December 2018, after leaving The Jewish Home, as a party open to both religious and secular voters.
Frequently asked questions
When was The Jewish Home founded?
The Jewish Home was founded in November 2008.
How many seats does The Jewish Home have in the Knesset?
The Jewish Home has no seat in the 26th Knesset, elected on 27 October 2026.
What were the ballot letters of The Jewish Home?
In the election of 2022, The Jewish Home ran on the ballot letters ב.
Sources: English Wikipedia, The Jewish Home, Hebrew Wikipedia, הבית היהודי, the Central Elections Committee.