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Dr Yosef Shlomo Burg (born 31 January 1909, died 15 October 1999) was a long-serving 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....
i politician and Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
.

in Dresden
Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, he attended the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin
Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary

The Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary was founded in Berlin on 22 October 1873 by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Hildesheimer for the training of rabbis in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism....
 and the University of Berlin from 1928 to 1931. He received a Doctorate in philosophy from the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig

The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest University in Europeand currently the List_of_universities_in_Germany#Universities_by_age university in Germany....
 in 1933. He continued to study at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
 and became a Rabbi in 1938. In 1939, he made aliyah
Aliyah

Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ....
 to become a research fellow at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
.

In Israel, Burg joined Hapoel HaMizrachi
Hapoel HaMizrachi

Hapoel HaMizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel and Settlement movement in Israel and is one of the predecessors of the modern-day National Religious Party....
, 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....
 party.






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Dr Yosef Shlomo Burg (born 31 January 1909, died 15 October 1999) was a long-serving 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....
i politician and Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
.

Biography

Born in Dresden
Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, he attended the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin
Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary

The Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary was founded in Berlin on 22 October 1873 by Rabbi Dr. Azriel Hildesheimer for the training of rabbis in the tradition of Orthodox Judaism....
 and the University of Berlin from 1928 to 1931. He received a Doctorate in philosophy from the University of Leipzig
University of Leipzig

The University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest University in Europeand currently the List_of_universities_in_Germany#Universities_by_age university in Germany....
 in 1933. He continued to study at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
 and became a Rabbi in 1938. In 1939, he made aliyah
Aliyah

Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ....
 to become a research fellow at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
.

In Israel, Burg joined Hapoel HaMizrachi
Hapoel HaMizrachi

Hapoel HaMizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel and Settlement movement in Israel and is one of the predecessors of the modern-day National Religious Party....
, 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....
 party. Alongside three other religious parties, Hapoel HaMizrachi ran on 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....
 for the first Knesset elections
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 ....
 in 1949. The group won 16 seats and Burg took a seat in the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 and became Deputy Speaker.

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 by itself, winning eight seats. Burg remained in the Knesset and became 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 ....
 in the third government
Third government of Israel

The third government of Israel was formed by David Ben Gurion on 8 October, 1951, more than two months after the Israeli legislative election, 1951....
. In the fourth, fifth and sixth governments he served as Minister of Postal Services
Communications Minister of Israel

The Communications Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Communications and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
, a position he retained until 1958.

In 1956 Hapoel HaMizrachi merged with their ideological twins from the Mizrachi party
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....
 to form 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....
 (NRP). The party was a member of all governments until 1992, and as a key party member, Burg maintained a ministerial position in every Knesset until his resignation from the Knesset in 1986, holding the positions of Minister of Welfare, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister without Portfolio
Minister without Portfolio

A Minister without Portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry ....
 and Minister of Religious Affairs
Religious Services Minister of Israel

The Religious Services Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of the Religious Services and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
.

In 1977, he became the President of the World Mizrachi Movement
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....
.

He is the father of Avraham Burg
Avraham Burg

Avraham "Avrum" Burg was an Israeli Knesset member, former Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel and former List of Knesset speakers....
, who was speaker of the fifteenth Knesset.

External links

  • Knesset website