Yehuda Amital

1924–2010

Born in Oradea, Romania, Yehuda Amital survived the Holocaust in a labor camp and then reached Jerusalem, where he received rabbinic ordination and joined the Haganah. He participated in several battles and later founded Yeshivat Har Etzion. In 1988, Amital founded the left-leaning religious Meimad movement and served in the administration of Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

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