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Yosef Taieb
יוסף טייב
MK (former Chair of Education, Culture and Sports Committee, until October 2025)
Paris-born Shas MK of Tunisian Jewish descent and former community rabbi in Toulouse; the first French-born member of Knesset, he made aliyah at 17 and served in the Givati Brigade; entered the Knesset in July 2020 under the Norwegian Law as replacement for Yoav Ben-Tzur and chaired the Education, Culture and Sports Committee from 2023 until October 2025, when Shas vacated coalition committee posts to press for a Haredi draft framework.
Positions and record
- Defends state funding for Haredi independent school networks
- Backs Jewish identity and religious content in public-school curricula
- Supports Torah-study exemptions for full-time yeshiva students
- Champions ties between Israel and Diaspora Sephardic communities, especially French Jewry
- Calls on French Jews facing antisemitism to make aliyah
Cite this page
Yosef Taieb, The State of Israel. https://thestateofisrael.com/mk/yosef-taieb