Moshe Gafni

Moshe Gafni (Hebrew משה גפני; born May 5, 1952 in Bnei Brak ) is an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the Party of the Charedim.

Gafni was educated at a yeshiva and then worked as director of a kollel (Hebrew כּוֹלֵל; lit Talmud high school. ). He was the Degel HaTorah Knesset in 1988 and was appointed Deputy Minister for services of worship on 23 July 1990. He held that post until July 13, 1992.

Gafni objected to the decision of the Supreme Court to recognize homosexual marriages concluded abroad, declaring: "We do not have a Jewish state here. We have Sodom and Gomorrah here. "

However, he was one of the few ultra-Orthodox politicians who condemned the force exerted by Charedim at the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade 2006 violence. Therefore, he was attacked on June 24, 2010 in Me'a She'arim when he visited a synagogue. The two UTJ - Abgeordeten Maklew Uri (Hebrew אוּרִי מַקְלֵב ) and Moshe Gafni had previously visited the living in Me'a She'arim Rabbi of Slonim and were subsequently went to prayer in the synagogue. When they appeared they were attacked by extremists of the Neturei Karta young, she spat and traktierten with stones, beatings and a chair.