Eliyahu (Eljasz) Mazur (, born 1889, died 24 September 1973) was a Polish-Israeli activist and politician.

Biography

Born in

Zagórów Zagórów (german: Hinterberg) is a town in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,908 inhabitants (2004). History The town's name is of Old Polish origin and comes from the word ''zagór''. The oldest known mention of the s ...

in the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

(today in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

), Mazur received a religious education. He founded a branch of the Mizrachi movement, but later joined

Agudat Yisrael Agudat Yisrael ( he, אֲגוּדָּת יִשְׂרָאֵל, lit., ''Union of Israel'', also transliterated ''Agudath Israel'', or, in Yiddish, ''Agudas Yisroel'') is a Haredi Jewish political party in Israel. It began as a political party re ...

, becoming a member of the Polish branch's executive committee, and later a member of the

World Agudath Israel World Agudath Israel ( he, אגודת ישראל), usually known as the Aguda, was established in the early twentieth century as the political arm of Ashkenazi Torah Judaism. It succeeded ''Agudas Shlumei Emunei Yisroel'' (Union of Faithful Jewry ...

committee. In 1929 he became a member of the executive committee of Jewish Merchants, later becoming its president. In 1933 he was elected president of the

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

Jewish community, a role he held until 1938. He also served as president of the Wise Men of Lublin

yeshiva A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are s ...

between 1934 and 1939. In 1940 he made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

, where he established a diamond company in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. He became a member of the executive committees of both the Diamond Association and the Industrialists Association. He narrowly missed out on a seat in the elections for the first Knesset in 1949, but entered the parliament when

Moshe Kelmer Moshe Kelmer ( he, משה קלמר, born 1 November 1901, died 11 September 1970) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset in three spells between 1949 and 1963. Biography Born in Żychlin in the Russian Empire (today in P ...

resigned on 11 March that year.Knesset Members of the First Knesset
Knesset website However, he lost his seat in the 1951 elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazur, Eliyahu 1889 births 1973 deaths Polish emigrants to Israel Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) United Religious Front politicians