Zerach Warhaftig

Truly Zerah (Hebrew זֶרַח וַרְהַפְטִיג, Yiddish זרח ווארהאפטיק. ) ( Born February 2, 1906 in Waukawysk in the Russian Empire; † 26 September 2002 in Jerusalem, Israel) was an Israeli lawyer and politician, and signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

Life

He was born the son of Yeruchem Truly (Hebrew יְרֻחַם אָשֵׁר וַרְהַפְטִיג ) and Rivka Feinstein Hebrew רִבְקָה פַיִינְשטַיִין. During World War II convinced Rabbi Truly issue the Japanese Consul Sugihara Chiune them visas for the entire yeshiva of the town Mir, which many lives were saved. 1941 Truly left his family and flee to Lithuania to Japan. On 5 June 1941, the family went Truly at the port of Yokohama on board the ship Hikawa Maru Japanese line and was able to arrive on June 17 in Vancouver. Truly described the trip as " a summer vacation, and the war seemed so far away," though, but he added: "I found no peace because of the strong responsibility that weighed upon me, because I where the Jewish refugees in the difficulties, they faced, had to help. " 1947 emigrated Truly one to Palestine, where he was a member of the party HaPo'el haMisrachi, a religious Zionist party. In 1949 he was elected and was from 1949 to 1951 the Knesset HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet, an association of HaMisrachi, HaPo'el haMisrachi, Agudat Jisra'el and Poalei Agudat Jisra'el. Since 1948, Indeed has given lectures at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a task which he held until 1963. HaPo'el haMisrachi contested the elections of 1951 alone. Although the party won only two seats, it was part of the coalition government of David Ben- Gurion and True was from 1951-1955 the Knesset HaPo'el haMisrachi in the fifth coalition government. Truly was appointed on January 5, 1953 to the Deputy Minister of Religion; a post he held until January 26, 1954. 1956 HaPo'el haMisrachi and Mizrachi joined together to form the National Religious Party. Truly then January 9, 1956 was appointed as a Member of the NRP to the Minister of Religion and held that office for up to 1 July 1958. According to the 1961 elections was appointed Minister of Religion Truly again under the government of Levi Eshkol on November 2, 1961, a position which he kept for himself among the two governments Golda Meir to March 10, 1974. In 1981 he left the Knesset. Truly one of the founders of the Bar - Ilan University.

Awards

Publications (selection )

• " על השִׁפּוּט הרַבָּנִי בישראל " ( About to determine the law of the rabbis in Israel) 1956
• " חֲזָקָה במִשְׁפָּט העברי " (Case law in Judaism ) 1964
• " בְּעָיות דת ומדינה " (problems between religion and the state) in 1973
• " פָּלִיט ושָׂרִיד בימי השואה " ( refugee and survivor of the Shoah ) 1984
• " מֶחְקָרים במִשְׁפָּט העברי " ( research on Jewish law) 1985