All Topics  
Hapoel HaMizrachi

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Hapoel HaMizrachi
 
 
  Topics Hapoel HaMizrachi Topic Home

Hapoel HaMizrachi (lit Mizrachi
Mizrachi (Religious Zionism)

The Mizrachi is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines....
 Workers) was a political party
List of political parties in Israel

Israel's political system is based on proportional representation which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties. Although there are three major parties, a single party usually has no chance of gaining power by itself, forcing the parties to cooperate and form coalition governments....
 and settlement movement
Settlement movement (Israel)

Settlement movement is a term used in Israel to describe national umbrella organisations for kibbutzim, moshavim, moshav shitufi, and communal settlement ....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and is one of the predecessors of the modern-day National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
.

el HaMizrachi was formed in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 in 1922 as a religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 organisation that supported the founding of religious kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
im and moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
im where work was done according to Halakha
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
. Its name came from the Mizrachi
Mizrachi (Religious Zionism)

The Mizrachi is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines....
 Zionist organisation, and is a Hebrew acronym for Religious Centre (Hebrew: ???? ?????, Merkaz Ruhani).

For the elections for the first Knesset
Israeli legislative election, 1949

Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....
 the party ran as party of a joint list called the United Religious Front
United Religious Front

The United Religious Front was a List of political parties in Israel of the four major religious parties in Israel formed to fight the Israeli legislative election, 1949....
 alongside Mizrachi
Mizrachi (political party)

Mizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day National Religious Party....
, Agudat Israel
Agudat Israel

Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine....
 and Agudat Israel Workers
Agudat Israel Workers

Agudat Israel Workers was a political party in Poland, and a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew acronym ....
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Hapoel HaMizrachi'
Start a new discussion about 'Hapoel HaMizrachi'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Hapoel HaMizrachi (lit Mizrachi
Mizrachi (Religious Zionism)

The Mizrachi is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines....
 Workers) was a political party
List of political parties in Israel

Israel's political system is based on proportional representation which allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties. Although there are three major parties, a single party usually has no chance of gaining power by itself, forcing the parties to cooperate and form coalition governments....
 and settlement movement
Settlement movement (Israel)

Settlement movement is a term used in Israel to describe national umbrella organisations for kibbutzim, moshavim, moshav shitufi, and communal settlement ....
 in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and is one of the predecessors of the modern-day National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
.

History

Hapoel HaMizrachi was formed in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 in 1922 as a religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 organisation that supported the founding of religious kibbutz
Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
im and moshav
Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms settlered by the Labor Zionisms during the second aliyah ....
im where work was done according to Halakha
Halakha

Halakha ? also Hebrew transliteration Halocho and Halacha ? is the collective body of Judaism religious law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions....
. Its name came from the Mizrachi
Mizrachi (Religious Zionism)

The Mizrachi is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines....
 Zionist organisation, and is a Hebrew acronym for Religious Centre (Hebrew: ???? ?????, Merkaz Ruhani).

For the elections for the first Knesset
Israeli legislative election, 1949

Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....
 the party ran as party of a joint list called the United Religious Front
United Religious Front

The United Religious Front was a List of political parties in Israel of the four major religious parties in Israel formed to fight the Israeli legislative election, 1949....
 alongside Mizrachi
Mizrachi (political party)

Mizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day National Religious Party....
, Agudat Israel
Agudat Israel

Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine....
 and Agudat Israel Workers
Agudat Israel Workers

Agudat Israel Workers was a political party in Poland, and a political party and settlement movement in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew acronym ....
. The group won 16 seats, of which Hapoel HaMizrachi took five, making it the third largest party in the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 after Mapai
Mapai

Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....
 and Mapam
Mapam

Mapam was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz-Yachad party....
. It was invited to join the coalition government by David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
 and Hapoel HaMizrachi MK Haim-Moshe Shapira
Haim-Moshe Shapira

Haim-Moshe Shapira was a key Israeli politician in the early days of the state's existence. A signatory of Israel's Declaration of Independence , he served continuously as a minister from the country's foundation in 1948 until his death in 1970 apart from a brief spell in the late 1950s....
 was made Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Health
Health Minister of Israel

The Health Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Health and a member of the Cabinet of Israel. The current Minister of Health is Yaakov Ben-Yezri of Gil ....
 and Minister of Immigration
Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel

The Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel , known until 1951 as the Minister of Immigration , is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Immigrant Absorption and a minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
 in the first government
First government of Israel

The first government of Israel formed by David Ben-Gurion on 8 March, 1949, a month and a half after the elections for the Israeli legislative election, 1949....
.

The United Religious Front played a major part in bringing down the first government due to it disagreement with Mapai over issues pertaining to education in the new immigrant camps and the religious education system, as well as its demands that the Supply and Rationing Ministry be closed and a businessman appointed as Minister for Trade and Industry. Ben-Gurion resigned on 15 October 1950. When the problems had been solved two weeks later, he formed the second government with the same coalition partners and ministers as previously.

In the 1951 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1951

Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....
 the party ran for the Knesset alone under the title of Torah and Work - Hapoel HaMizrachi. They won eight seats, making them the fourth largest party. Again they joined the governing coalition, and remained a member through all four governments of the second Knesset. Shapira kept his position as Minister of Internal Affairs and also became Minister of Religions. When the third government collapsed, Shapira lost the Ministry of Internal Affairs and became Minister of Welfare. He regained the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the sixth government. Yosef Burg
Yosef Burg

Dr Yosef Shlomo Burg was a long-serving Israeli politician and Rabbi....
 also became a minister, heading the Health Ministry in the third government, and the Postal Services Ministry in the fourth, fifth and sixth.

For the 1955 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1955

File:Elect105Ashdod55.jpgElections in Israel for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July, 1955. Voter turnout was 80.7%....
 the party joined forces with its ideological twin, Mizrachi, to form the National Religious Front. The new party won 11 seats, making it the fourth largest, and were again coalition partners in both governments of the third Knesset. In 1956 the union of the two parties was made permanent, and the name changed to the National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
, which remains an influential force in Israeli politics to this day.

External links

  • Knesset website