Degel HaTorah (Hebrew: דגל התורה, lit. 'Banner of the Torah') is an Ashkenazi Haredi political party in Israel. For much of its existence, it has been...
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alliance in Israel. The alliance, consisting of Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah, was first formed in 1992, in order to maximize Ashkenazi Haredi representation...
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HaTorah (Hebrew: מועצת גדולי התורה, "Council of great Torah [Sages]") is the supreme rabbinical policy-making council of the Agudat Yisrael and Degel...
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Gershon Edelstein (section Torah)
president of the Vaad Hayeshivos, and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel. He was widely considered to be a Gadol Hador by the...
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party. He created the new Degel HaTorah ("Flag of the Torah") party. Most of the Litvish community left Agudah to join Degel HaTorah, leaving Agudah with primarily...
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that the area is a God-given inheritance of the Jewish people based on the Torah, particularly the books of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, as...
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Arena in Tel Aviv, the National Siyum HaShas in Petah Tikva, a Siyum organized by Agudath Israel and Degel HaTorah in the French Hill neighborhood of Jerusalem...
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of the Degel HaTorah party. Greenberg was born and raised in Rekhasim. He studied at the Tashbar Rekhasim Elementary School and Talmud Torah Torat Emet...
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Avraham Ravitz (category Degel HaTorah politicians)
Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Degel HaTorah, which forms part of the United Torah Judaism alliance. Avraham Ravitz was born in 1934...
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Ya'akov Asher (category Degel HaTorah politicians)
serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Torah Judaism alliance. A member of the Degel HaTorah party, he previously served as a member of the Knesset...
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Moshe Gafni (category Degel HaTorah politicians)
served his full term, and was re-elected in both 2003 and 2006. When Degel HaTorah split from Agudat Yisrael during the latter stages of the 16th Knesset...
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the Alignment, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah in his coalition, with 25 ministers. In 1990 Shimon Peres tried to form...
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Meir Kahane (redirect from Yeshivat HaRaayon HaYehudi)
Meir David HaKohen Kahane (/kəˈhɑːnə/ kə-HAH-nə; Hebrew: רבי מאיר דוד הכהן כהנא; born Martin David Kahane; August 1, 1932 – November 5, 1990) was an American-born...
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ideological connections with both the Agudat Israel party and with Degel HaTorah (Flag of the Torah), two Israeli Haredi political parties that have representation...
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stood down 14 September 1993; Yiud joined 9 January 1995. 28th: United Torah Judaism stood down September 1999. 29th: Shas stood down 23 May 2002, returned...
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and Yated Ne'eman (Degel HaTorah). HaZvi (1884–1914, Hebrew) published by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda Ha'or (1908–?, Hebrew), name change of HaZvi, banned by the...
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not suitable for leadership positions", and subsequently founded the Degel HaTorah political party representing the Litvaks in the Israeli Knesset. Elazar...
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Uri Maklev (category Degel HaTorah politicians)
Haredi party Degel HaTorah, which together with Agudat Yisrael forms the United Torah Judaism list. Maklev, a graduate of both Kol HaTorah Yeshiva and...
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"He is the greatest we have in the world." When the Council of Torah Sages of Degel HaTorah was formed, Rabbi Kanievsky was asked to join. After he refused...
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ha-S'pharadim ha-Olamit Shom'rei Torah" (התאחדות הספרדים העולמית שומרי תורה), meaning "International Union of the Sepharadim, Guardians of the Torah"...
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received 40 votes. In this round, Rabbi Ber won the support of the Degel HaTorah party, Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, Rabbi Gavriel Saraf, Rabbi Aharon Friedman...
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Torah Judaism (7) Degel HaTorah Moshe Gafni Agudat Yisrael Ya'akov Tessler Degel HaTorah Ya'akov Asher Agudat Yisrael Yisrael Eichler Degel HaTorah Yitzhak...
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in the Knesset is represented as United Torah Judaism, a collective party of Agudat Israel and Degel HaTorah. It tries to influence the Knesset with a...
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sin. The ideologically non-Zionist United Torah Judaism alliance comprising Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah (and the umbrella organizations World Agudath...
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included Likud, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Israel, Degel HaTorah, the New Liberal Party. Although Cohen again declined a ministerial...
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in Israel. United Torah Judaism is an alliance of two Haredi parties, the Hasidic Agudat Israel party and the Lithuanian Degel HaTorah party. In 2012, a...
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political authority was the same as that of Degel HaTorah. It was subject to the Sephardic Council of Torah Sages, and, from the cessation of support of...
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Jerusalem Faction (redirect from Bnei Torah)
founded in 2012 by Shmuel Auerbach as a reaction to the Bnei Brak-based Degel HaTorah's perceived moderate approach to the question of conscription of Haredim...
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Uri Lupolianski (category Degel HaTorah politicians)
is a member of the Degel Hatorah party which ran for elections together with Agudat Israel in a united party called United Torah Judaism. In the 2003...
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opposed to Modern Orthodox Jews, although the latter are also Torah-observant.) Degel HaTorah Haredi Judaism Jewish principles of faith Orthodox Judaism...
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