Career
He is also chair of Chinuch Atzmai, the independent Orthodox educational system. Born in Jerusalem in the British Mandate of Palestine, Leizerson is the nephew of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and a seventh generation in his family to live in Jerusalem. He holds an academic degree and was ordained as a Rabbi.
Leizerson served as a spokesperson for Agudat Yisrael and elected on its behalf to the religious council of Jerusalem.
Leizerson entered the Knesset on 23 October 1998, due to a rotation agreemant and the resignation of Moshe Gafni from the Knesset. He was not registered for reelection to the Fifteenth Knesset, held in 1999.
Following his term at the Knesset he began serving as chairman of the independent orthodox education system.
