2008 The Jewish Home leadership election

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2008 The Jewish Home leadership election
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Candidate Daniel Hershkowitz
Party Jewish Home
Elected Leader

Daniel Hershkowitz

The 2008 The Jewish Home leadership election was held on 8 December 2008 to elect the inaugural leader of the newly formed The Jewish Home party. Daniel Hershkowitz was elected as leader.

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Background

The Jewish Home formed in November 2008 [1] as a merger of the National Religious Party, Moledet, and the offshoot National-religious wing of Religious Zionist Party.

Candidates

Ran
Declined to run

Election

Major General Yaakov Amidror declined calls to serve as the party's leader. [2] Instead, he served as chairman of the party committee in which the leadership vote was held on December 8. [2] Other members of the committee included Asher Cohen. [3] The council opted for Hershkowitz instead of figures who were already nationally established in hopes of having a fresh face so that they could launch the new party with a fresh image. [2]

The day after the leadership vote, the same party council selected the candidates for the party's electoral list in the forthcoming Knesset elections. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Jewish Home Political Party - HaBayit HaYehudi". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gedalyahu, Tzvi Ben (December 9, 2008). "Hershkowitz Heads Jewish Home". Israel National News. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Wagner, Matthew (December 9, 2008). "Habayit Hayehudi Opts For Hershkowitz". jpost.com. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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