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Board Members
Dr Josef
Burg z "l
Born in Dresden., Germany, 1909.
Married to Rivka née Slonim (born in Hevron, the eighth generation in Eretz israel, scion of Lubavitch).
One daughter, one son, ten grandchildren.
Education:
In 1928 Dr Burg graduated from the Gymnasium in Dresden. He studied at
the universities of Berlin and Leipzig, as well as learning at the Rabbinical
Seminary in Berlin, where he was ordained in 1938. In 1938 he made Aliya
to Palestine and continued his studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Degrees:
Rabbi Doctor of Philosophy -University of Leipzig
Staatsexam für das Höhere Lehramt, Leipzig
Doctor Honoris Causa - Yeshiva University in New York
Doctor Honoris Causa - Hebrew Jewish University of Chicago
Doctor Honoris Causa - University of Bar-Ilan
Doctor Honoris Causa - Touro College, New York
Doctor Honoris Causa - university of the Negev, Beer Sheva
Fellow - Jerusalem Institute of Technology
Positions that Dr Burg filled:
Europe
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1933-1935 |
Teacher, Secondary School in Leipzig |
| 1936 |
Executive Mizrachi, Germany |
| 1937 |
Executive Zionist Movement, Germany |
| 1937-1951 |
Member of Zionist Actions Committees |
| 1939-1940 |
Active in Emigration from Europe |
Israel |
| 1941-1946 |
Teacher at the Herzlia College and Beit Tzeirot Mizrachi, Tel Aviv; Director of Institute for Adult Education in Tel Aviv. |
| 1946-1949 |
Director of Religious Rescue Projects inEurope (Paris) |
| 1949-1988 |
Member of Knesset (Israel Parliament) |
| 1949-1951 |
Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
| 1951-1952 |
Minister of Health |
| 1952-1958 |
Minister of Posts |
| 1959-1970 |
Minister of Welfare |
| 1970-1977 |
Minister of the Interior |
| 1977-1984 |
Minister of the Interior and Police |
| 1984-1986 |
Minister of Religious Affairs
Chairman of Cabinet Committees for the Autonomy Negaociations with Egypt and USA Member of Cabinet Committees for: Defence and Security, Finanace, Economics, Interior, Services, and Environment Coordination Committee between the Government and the Jewish Agency.
Chairman of Ministerial Committees on : Jerusalem, Development of GAlilee, Crime Prevention, Cabinet Procedures Officila Representative and visits on behalf of Israel Govenrment to :Belgium, Bolivia, Columbia, Denmark, France, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Upper Volta. |
| 1977 |
President, World Mizrachi Movement |
| 1987 |
Member of Zionist Actions Committee |
| 1992 |
Member of the Presidium of zionist Actions Committee
Broadcasts weekly lectures on the Bible
Commentator on Current Affairs on Israeli and foreign radio
Lecturer on Israel and Judaism on all continents
Chairman od Judges - International Bible Quiz |
Affiliations:
National Religious Party - Member of central Institutions
Mizrachi - Member of World Executive, World President
"Yad Vashem" - Chairman of International Committee
Bar-Ilan University - member of Board of Governors
Leo Baeck Institute - Member of Board of Governors
Languages:
Hebrew, French, English, Yiddish, German, Spanish, Latin, Greek
Solly Sacks Kurt
Rothschild Eliezer
Sheffer
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