Avraham-Haim Shag

Avraham-Haim Shag (Hebrew: אברהם-חיים שאג, born Avraham-Haim Zwebner on 17 July 1883, died 6 December 1958) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Assembly of Representatives and the Knesset.

Avraham-Haim Shag
Date of birth17 July 1883
Place of birthJerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Date of death6 December 1958(1958-12-06) (aged 75)
Knessets1
Faction represented in Knesset
1949–1951United Religious Front

Biography

Born in Jerusalem in the Ottoman Empire, Shag was educated at the Torat Haim yeshiva. He later headed a yeshiva in Jerusalem, and was chairman of the city's religious council in 1936.

He was amongst the founders of Kfar Saba, and also aided the foundation of the Bayit VeGan, Geula and Romema neighborhoods of Jerusalem. In addition, he helped establish the Mizrachi movement in Mandate Palestine, and was a member of its bureau in Jerusalem between 1919 and 1921. He also became a member of the Assembly of Representatives

In 1949, he was elected to the first Knesset on the United Religious Front list, an alliance of the four major religious parties. However, he lost his seat two years later in the 1951 elections. He died in 1958.

  • Tidhar, David (1947). "Avraham-Haim Shag (Zwebner)" אברהם חיים שאג (צוובנר). Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). 4. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 1941.
  • Avraham-Haim Shag on the Knesset website
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