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United Torah Judaism יהדות התורה

Led by Ya'akov Asher · 8 projected seats as of 15 October · running for Housing Minister & Knesset committees

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Ashkenazi-Haredi alliance of Hasidic and Lithuanian factions. Single overriding mandate: protect the Torah-study world and its autonomy.

The list, who comes with them

How this list is picked. United Torah Judaism holds no primary. Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah each fill their own slots through their rabbinical leaderships, then agree the order between them.

Ya'akov AsherYa'akov AsherParty chairman (Degel HaTorah), former Bnei Brak mayor→Yitzhak GoldknopfYitzhak GoldknopfAgudat Yisrael chairman→Yitzhak PindrusYitzhak PindrusMK (Degel HaTorah)→Meir PorushMeir PorushJerusalem Affairs Minister→Moshe Azriel RosenthalMoshe Azriel RosenthalFormer head of Bnei Brak's education administration→Eli StarkEli StarkBelz political operative→Yehuda Leib WeissfishDirector-general of Ihud Bnei HaYeshivot→Ya'akov TesslerYa'akov TesslerMK (Agudat Yisrael, Vizhnitz)→David ZaltzDavid ZaltzDeputy and acting mayor of Beitar Illit→David OhanaDavid OhanaDeputy mayor of Tiberias→
Show 22 more namesMoshe RothFormer MK (Agudat Yisrael, Sanz)→Eliyahu BaruchiEliyahu BaruchiFormer MK (Degel HaTorah)→Yisrael PorushYisrael PorushFormer mayor of Elad→Yitzhak ReichHead of the Rekhasim local council→Yosef BahamCandidate→Ya'akov Asher GuttermanYa'akov Asher GuttermanMayor of Modi'in Illit→Yossi DeutschYossi DeutschFormer deputy mayor of Jerusalem→Shmuel GreenbergMayor of Beit Shemesh→Yechiel Aryeh WeingartenYechiel Aryeh WeingartenDeputy mayor of Ashdod→Yitzhak RavitzYitzhak RavitzHead of the Kiryat Ye'arim local council→Peretz AbramovitzDirector-general of the Erloi institutions→Menachem Mendel ShapiraDeputy and acting mayor of Bnei Brak→Chaim Meir KatzCEO of the Vizhnitz institutions in Elad→Moshe David MorgensternBnei Brak city councilman→Efraim WeberEfraim WeberSenior deputy mayor of Ashdod→Eliezer Zvi RauchbergerEliezer Zvi RauchbergerDeputy mayor of Jerusalem→Avraham Zvi RoshgoldCandidate→Avraham Ben Zion DeutschDeputy mayor of Ofakim→Menachem ElboimCandidate→Mordechai Michael AlperDeputy mayor of Haifa→Uri MaklevUri MaklevMK→Moshe GafniMoshe GafniMK · wants the Knesset Finance Committee chair→

Rank on the slip decides who enters the Knesset. At 8 projected seats, roughly the top 8 names get in.

Where they stand

Judea & SamariaFollows rabbinic guidance, dovish history
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & SecurityGoldknopf backs Gaza settlement; Gafni wanted a deal↗
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi EnlistmentExemption is existential↗
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
JudiciaryBack the overhaul in exchange for a draft law↗
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
EconomySectoral allocations↗
Social spendingFree market
EducationWants full funding without state control over the curriculum↗
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & StateMaximal religious status quo↗
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & CitizenshipJewish primacy on religious grounds, not national ones↗
Equal citizenshipJewish national state