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81-483: A nationwide coronavirus shutdown scheduled to begin over the High Holidays of Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot, beginning on the first night on Rosh HaShanah, 19 September, for at least three weeks. On 18 November, he was re-appointed as Minister of Housing and Construction. In the runup to the 2021 Israeli legislative election , it was announced that Moshe Gafni would replace Litzman as leader of UTJ in
108-486: A result, he self-quarantined, and began working from home . Israel's Shin Bet reviewed Litzman's phone after his diagnosis and anyone found to have been in contact with him was contacted personally. Litzman was criticized for flouting social distancing guidelines after testing positive, with senior officials accusing him of putting his colleagues' lives in danger while knowingly breaking his own ministry's safety rules. Litzman
135-588: Is an umbrella organisation in Australia of the Zionist movement . It was established in Melbourne , Victoria in 1927 by prominent personalities, including Sir John Monash and Rabbi Israel Brodie , with Monash becoming its first president. On 11 November 2018, the biennial conference of ZFA elected Jeremy Leibler as its president, succeeding Danny Lamm who did not stand after serving for four years. ZFA
162-682: The Israel Medical Association . Litzman was appointed on 27 August 2015, Minister of Health , after a court challenge filed by Yesh Atid . Litzman served on the Knesset's Internal Affairs Committee from 1999 to 2001, and as the Deputy Chairman of the Knesset Labor and Welfare Committee. As part of the coalition agreement with the ruling government of Ariel Sharon in 2001, Litzman was appointed chairman of
189-703: The United Torah Judaism alliance, in the Knesset . He previously served as Minister of Health and Minister of Housing and Construction . Litzman resigned from the Knesset in June 2022, as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted criminally obstructing the extradition of convicted pedophile Malka Leifer . Litzman was born to Holocaust survivors from Poland , in a displaced persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany . When he
216-478: The coronavirus pandemic , and was criticized for his handling of the crisis. Due to his lenient attitude toward enforcing health guidelines in ultra-Orthodox communities from the start of the crisis, major outbreaks appeared in ultra-Orthodox communities throughout Israel. In an interview in March 2020, Litzman stated: "I am sure that the messiah will come by Passover and save us the same way God saved us during
243-605: The extradition case of the accused in the Australian Adass Israel School sex abuse scandal ; he was again appointed Health minister when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to resign the Health office, among others, due to his own pending prosecution in three criminal cases. ZFA president Jeremy Leibler then wrote an open letter to Netanyahu calling the promotion of Litzman “a slap in
270-588: The Finance Committee. He headed the UTJ list for the 2003 elections , and was re-elected, again becoming the Chair of the Finance Committee. He has since served as the leader of the UTJ and Agudat Yisrael faction in the Knesset. Litzman was re-elected again in 2006 , retaining his chairmanship of the Finance Committee, and for a fourth time in 2009, after which UTJ joined the new government , in which Litzman
297-544: The Knesset Finance Committee, a position he held until 2003, and again from 2005 to 2007. He formally resigned as health minister on 26 November 2017, in protest of railroad repair work happening on the Sabbath, becoming deputy health minister instead, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominally held the office, with Litzman acting as de facto minister. When Netanyahu was forced to resign
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#1732765566539324-410: The exodus, and we were freed. The messiah will come and save us all." An open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lamented years of neglect that left the country's health care system at a low point during the coronavirus outbreak and urged that Litzman be replaced. On 2 April 2020, Litzman and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 . He was the first member of the cabinet to be infected. As
351-831: The extradition to Australia of Malka Leifer , who was accused and later convicted in the Adass Israel School sex abuse scandal . He had attempted to obtain false psychiatric evaluations that would deem Leifer unfit to face trial in Australia. Israeli police recommended on 6 August 2019 that Litzman be indicted for "fraud and breach of trust" (both related to the Leifer case), as well as bribery in another case. In May 2021, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced that he will indict Litzman for obstruction of justice and breach of trust. Eli Beer , president of Israel's United Hatzalah ambulance service, criticized Litzman for refusing to allow Hatzalah's 6,000 volunteers to play
378-686: The face to the Australian Jewish Community, the Australian people, the community of Australian [immigrants] in Israel and most shockingly to the survivors of Malka Leifer’s alleged abuse.” Yaakov Litzman Yaakov Noach Litzman ( Hebrew : יַעֲקֹב נָח לִיצְמָן , born 2 September 1948) is an Israeli politician and former government minister . A follower of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, he heads Agudat Yisrael , part of
405-499: The fact that it is published by his Agudat Yisrael party and employs his wife. A bill was finally agreed upon after other MKs threatened to vote against a bill restricting retail operations on Shabbat and Jewish religious holidays. However, Litzman stipulated that he would only agree on condition that the ban did not include printed publications. Litzman made a plea deal on 27 January 2022 admitting to breach of trust for using his former position as deputy health minister to obstruct
432-582: The following Knesset. After the election and with the swearing in of the Thirty-sixth government of Israel , UTJ found itself in opposition for the first time since 2015. For the first time in his political career, he was not chair of a Knesset committee, a minister or deputy minister, or leader of a party. He announced in December 2021 that he would not run for reelection to the Knesset, citing his advanced age. Litzman served as minister of health during
459-548: The guidance of the then-Gerrer Rebbe , Rabbi Simcha Binem Alter . Over time, Litzman became known as the rebbe's right-hand man, a role he continues under the present Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Arye Alter . In 1999, the present rebbe asked Litzman to join the Agudat Yisrael faction of the United Torah Judaism list for the Knesset elections that year. He was subsequently elected, and became Chairman of
486-399: The health office, among others, due to the pending prosecution of three criminal cases against him, on 29 December 2019, despite a recommendation by Israeli police to criminally prosecute Litzman in two separate cases, he was again appointed health minister. The move prompted backlash, including an open letter to Netanyahu from Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler calling
513-488: The plea agreement. The plea deal required Litzman to pay a nominal fine and to resign from the Knesset, which he did on 1 June 2022. In June 2022, Litzman was replaced as head of UTJ by Yitzhak Goldknopf . In a February 2016 discussion in the Knesset about Israeli health authorities being more sensitive towards LGBT people, Litzman compared LGBT people to the sinners who danced around the Golden Calf . Litzman
540-618: The promotion of Litzman "a slap in the face to the Australian Jewish Community, the Australian people, the community of Australian [immigrants] in Israel, and, most shockingly, to the survivors of Malka Leifer's alleged abuse". With the Thirty-fifth government of Israel , Litzman resigned from the Knesset as part of the Norwegian Law , and was sworn in as Minister of Housing and Construction. On 13 September 2020, Litzman resigned as Minister of Housing and Construction, in protest over
567-529: The title Zionist Federation . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zionist_Federation&oldid=1034863785 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zionist Federation of Australia The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA)
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#1732765566539594-469: Was appointed Deputy Minister of Health, despite having no medical training or expertise. After Litzman was re-elected in 2013 , UTJ were excluded from the coalition government. However, following the 2015 elections , he was re-appointed Deputy Minister of Health. Subsequently, Litzman appointed the first non-physician to serve as general-director of the Ministry of Health, in a move that was criticized by
621-433: Was criticized for opposing legislation prohibiting tobacco advertising in newspapers. Litzman argued that such laws would bankrupt newspapers, which rely on the advertising revenue. It was pointed out that Litzman had a conflict of interest due to his close association with ultra-Orthodox publications ( Hamodia in particular) that rely on revenue from tobacco ads. Litzman had a conflict of interest concerning Hamodia, due to
648-485: Was criticized over statements that seemed to serve the interests of the tobacco companies, including hindering efforts to curb cigarette ads. In his first tenure as deputy health minister (2009-2013), Litzman opposed warning labels and stickers despite their role in reducing the habit in other countries. Litzman argued that the images of dirty lungs and teeth aimed at discouraging children and youth from smoking were "unaesthetic." In his second tenure (starting 2015), Litzman
675-619: Was established to campaign for a permanent homeland for the Jewish people . It has accepted and endorsed the 1968 Jerusalem Program and its 2004 revision as the ideological platform of Zionism. Since its establishment, the Zionist Federation of Australia has become one of the most active national Zionist organisations. ZFA: On December 29, 2019, despite recommendation by Israeli police to criminally prosecute deputy Health minister Yaakov Litzman in two separate cases, including in
702-566: Was spotted praying at the home of a fellow member of his Hasidic sect three days after government guidelines went into effect barring such services. Additionally, after the guidelines had further intensified, Litzman was again spotted praying at a synagogue just outside his home. In January 2022, Litzman signed a plea deal admitting that he had criminally assisted later-convicted paedophile Malka Leifer's attempt to evade extradition to Australia. Several other charges against Litzman relating to his activities as health minister were dropped as part of
729-879: Was two years old, the family immigrated to the United States , settling in Brooklyn , first in the East New York section and then to the Borough Park , where he grew up. In 1966, at age 17, he immigrated to Israel, and continued his Torah studies . Litzman is married, has five children, and lives in Jerusalem. His first job was as principal of the Hasidic Beis Yaakov girls' school in Jerusalem . Litzman became active in politics under
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