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Yosef Burg

Israeli politician
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Josef Burg
Born:
January 31, 1909, Dresden, Germany
Died:
October 15, 1999, Jerusalem (aged 90)

Yosef Burg (born January 31, 1909, Dresden, Germany—died October 15, 1999, Jerusalem) was a German-born Jewish rabbi and Israeli politician who was the longest-serving member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament), holding his seat from the Knesset’s first session in 1949 until his retirement in 1986. Burg studied at the University of Berlin and in 1933 earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Leipzig. Ordained a rabbi at age 24, he was involved in the Zionist youth movement and in 1939 emigrated to Palestine. There he taught at a high school in Tel Aviv, and after World War II ...(100 of 185 words)

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