Difference between revisions of "United Torah Judaism"
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*Agudat Israel ('''Union [of] Israel'''), primarily made up of the followers of Hasidism in Israel, and also consisting of Ashkenazi Jews. The leading members of this party are the followers of the Ger, Vizhnitz, Boston, and Sadigura Hasidim. | *Agudat Israel ('''Union [of] Israel'''), primarily made up of the followers of Hasidism in Israel, and also consisting of Ashkenazi Jews. The leading members of this party are the followers of the Ger, Vizhnitz, Boston, and Sadigura Hasidim. | ||
| − | Though the two parties often disagree on major issues, they agree on most of them, and therefore initially formed the alliance in 1992 to maximize the number of seats available in the [[Knesset]] under Israel's election process. Usually, they win around six seats in the Knesset (in | + | Though the two parties often disagree on major issues, they agree on most of them, and therefore initially formed the alliance in 1992 to maximize the number of seats available in the [[Knesset]] under Israel's election process. Usually, they win around six seats in the Knesset (though in recent elections, most recently 2021, it has increased its membership to seven seats). |
Although disagreeing with [[Shas]] on issues, the alliance tends to vote with them in most cases due to their common interests in representing the most observant in the Jewish community, and during the April 2019 election the two groups formed an electoral alliance to maximize representation in the Knesset (they did not continue the alliance for the following two elections). | Although disagreeing with [[Shas]] on issues, the alliance tends to vote with them in most cases due to their common interests in representing the most observant in the Jewish community, and during the April 2019 election the two groups formed an electoral alliance to maximize representation in the Knesset (they did not continue the alliance for the following two elections). | ||
Revision as of 22:50, June 15, 2021
United Torah Judaism is an Israeli electoral alliance of the two main ultra-Orthodox Haredi political parties:
- Degel HaTorah (Banner [of] the Torah), primarily made up of non-Hasidic Haredi Ashkenazi Jews
- Agudat Israel (Union [of] Israel), primarily made up of the followers of Hasidism in Israel, and also consisting of Ashkenazi Jews. The leading members of this party are the followers of the Ger, Vizhnitz, Boston, and Sadigura Hasidim.
Though the two parties often disagree on major issues, they agree on most of them, and therefore initially formed the alliance in 1992 to maximize the number of seats available in the Knesset under Israel's election process. Usually, they win around six seats in the Knesset (though in recent elections, most recently 2021, it has increased its membership to seven seats).
Although disagreeing with Shas on issues, the alliance tends to vote with them in most cases due to their common interests in representing the most observant in the Jewish community, and during the April 2019 election the two groups formed an electoral alliance to maximize representation in the Knesset (they did not continue the alliance for the following two elections).
