Who they are
Ziva Glanz is chief executive of the Sha’ar Group and founder of LaShuv, a network for absorbing immigrants from Western countries. She grew up in Passaic, New Jersey, studied biology at Stern College in New York and moved to Israel in 2005. She started at twenty as associate director of the Hebron Fund, working with international donors, and from 2010 to 2015 ran Jerusalem 5800, a private master plan for the Jerusalem region.
Since 2019 she has run the Sha’ar Group, which builds public-private partnerships for regional infrastructure that needs statutory planning approval, and in 2020 she founded Rainmaker and Associates, which advises on housing, retirement communities and urban master plans. She holds a master’s in public administration.
In 2014 she organised donations and food for soldiers during the search for the three kidnapped teenagers and supplied equipment in Operation Protective Edge. On 7 October 2023 she began ordering tactical equipment worldwide within hours, and was then named co-director of the Discretionary Fund of Israel, coordinating large donations from the defence ministry’s civilian war room. She built LaShuv as a volunteer, and has worked with The Next Step, the Israeli amputees’ association, since its first day.
Positions and record
Core education: Called in December 2019 for high-quality secular subjects alongside Torah studies, with trained teachers and state supervision in Haredi schools.
Education reform: Argued in December 2019 that the state should first support Haredi families seeking broader education, rather than begin by confronting those who oppose it.
Bereaved parents: Argued in December 2021 that parents should be able to attend an infant’s burial and know the grave’s location.
Immigration: Urged Diaspora Jews in November 2023 to move to Israel, arguing that it offered greater protection during rising antisemitism.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.