Date of birth 1913 Name Moshe-Zvi Neria Role Politician | Year of aliyah 1930 Died December 12, 1995, Israel Date of death 12 December 1995 | |
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1969–1974 National Religious Party Knessets Israeli legislative election, 1969 | ||
Place of birth Lodz, Russian Empire | ||
Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria (Hebrew: משה צבי נריה, 1913 – 12 December 1995) was an Israeli educator and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1969 and 1974.
Biography
Born in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), Neria was educated at yeshivas in Minsk and Shkloŭ. He made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1930, and studied with Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, receiving certification as a rabbi. He also studied in the Mizrachi teachers seminary in Jerusalem. At one point he resided in the Knesset Yisrael neighborhood.
He helped establish the Bnei Akiva youth movement, and edited its publication Zra'im. In 1940 he established the first Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh, serving as its headmaster and teaching Talmud and Jewish thought. He later established several yeshiva high schools and Hesder yeshivas for IDF soldiers. In addition, he founded the Hapoel HaMizrachi Rabbinical Association.
In 1969 he was elected to the Knesset on the National Religious Party list for one term. He left the party in 1983 to establish the Religious Zionist Camp (also known as Mazad).
In 1978 he was awarded the Israel Prize for special contribution to society and the state. He died in 1995. The West Bank settlement Neria is named after him.