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Encyclopedia > Yosef Burg

Yosef Salomon Burg (January 31, 1909 - October 15, 1999) was an Israeli politician and Rabbi. January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished,. In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi...


Born in Dresden, Germany, he attended the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin and the University of Berlin from 1928 to 1931. He received a Doctorate in philosophy from the University of Leipzig in 1933. He continued to study at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin and became a Rabbi in 1938. In 1939, he made aliyah to become a research fellow at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Brühls Terrace Brühlsche Terrasse and the Frauenkirche   Dresden? IPA: is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe. ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State and former Kingdom of Saxony, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; ascent) is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). ... האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels oldest, largest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ...


He was elected to the first Knesset Assembly in 1949 and was a member until after the eleventh Knesset Assembly when he resigned in 1986. He held numerous ministerial positions including Minister of Health, Minister of Postal Services, Minister of Welfare, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Religious Affairs, and Minister Without Portfolio. He was also Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and a founder of the National Religious Party. The Knesset (כנסת, Hebrew for assembly) is the Parliament of Israel. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mafdal party logo This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


In 1977, he became the President of the World Mizrachi Movement. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The Mizrachi (acronym for Merkaz Ruchani or religious centre) is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilna at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines. ...


He is the father of Avraham Burg, Speaker of the fifteenth Knesset.


References

  • "Yosef Burg". The State of Israel. URL accessed on July 29, 2005.
  • "Dr Yosef Burg". The Department for Jewish Zionist Education. URL accessed on July 29, 2005.

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