Zevulun Hammer

Background

Hammer, Zevulun was born in 1936 in Haifa, Israel.

Education

Zevulun Hammer studied at Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Jewish Studies and recieved Bachelor of Arts Judaism, Literature and Education.

Career

Between 1958 and 1961, Hammer Zevulun was a leader in B'nai Akiva and a member of government body of Bar-Ilan University. From 1957 to 1970 he was a Chairman in Youth Movement of National Religious Party.

He became Deputy Minister of Education and Culture in January 1973. In November 1975 he was appointed Minister of Social Affairs, but in December 1976 his party resigned from the cabinet.

After the 1977 elections he was appointed Minister of Education, a role he retained until September 1984. Foreign a brief period during the 10th Knesset, Hammer and Yehuda Ben-Meir broke away from the NRP and formed a new faction, Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre.

However, they returned to the NRP after two weeks.

In October 1986 he became Minister of Religious Affairs, and in 1990 was re-appointed Education Minister. He lost his place in the cabinet after the NRP were left out of Yitzhak Rabin"s government, but regained it following the 1996 elections, when he was appointed Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

In August 1997 he was also appointed Minister of Religious Affairs.

Achievements

• Zevulun Hammer has been listed as a noteworthy Israeli government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Haḥlaṭot ha-Aḳademyah la-lashon ha-ʻIvrit lefi ḥoḳ ha-mosad ha-ʻelyon le-lashon ha-ʻIvrit be-ʻinyan mivḥar munaḥim bi-tefirah uvi-levush. (Book, 1984) [WorldCat.org]

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    1984
  • Haḥlaṭot ha-Aḳademyah la-lashon ha-ʻIvrit lefi ḥoḳ ha-mosad ha-ʻelyon le-lashon ha-ʻIvrit ... (Book, 1984) [WorldCat.org]

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    1984
  • ha-Tsiyonut ha-datit : ʻidan ha-temurot : asupat meḥḳarim le-zekher Zevulun Hamer (Book, 2004) [WorldCat.org]

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    2004
  • Hagadah shel Pesaḥ : Magyar : (átirással ellátott) : Pészách Hágádá (Book, 1991) [WorldCat.org]

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    1991
  • Torah ʻim derekh erets : album ha-ḥinukh ha-dati be-Yiśraʼel (Book, 1999) [WorldCat.org]

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    1999
  • A New Spirit In Israel‐Diaspora Educational Relationships (Article, 1979) [WorldCat.org]

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    2004
  • A statistical survey of the educational system (Book, 1979) [WorldCat.org]

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    1979
  • Mi-shoʼah le-teḳumah. (Book, 1991) [WorldCat.org]

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    1991

Politics

Hammer was first elected to the Knesset in 1969 as a member of the National Religious Party.

Membership

He was an active member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement (which he led), and served in the Israeli Armored Corps in a Nahal programme. At the university, he headed the Student Union and was a member of the Presidium of the Israeli Students Association and the World Union of Jewish Students.

Connections

He was married to Menahemia and they had 4 children.