Michal Miriam Waldiger ( he, מִיכַל מִרְיָם ווֹלְדִיגֵר, born 6 January 1969)
Mako, 25 March 2021 is an Israeli lawyer and politician. She is currently a member of the Knesset for the
Religious Zionist Party.
Biography
Waldiger was born in Bnei Brak to a family of
Polish Jewish heritage. She is the great-granddaughter of
Naftoli Trop. She attended a Bnei Akiva
Ulpana in Tel Aviv and earned a law degree from
Bar-Ilan University.
[מיכל וולדיגר תרוץ עם סמוטריץ' ובן גביר]
Israel National News, 4 February 2021 She later became head of a law firm.
[ She served as director of Bat Ami, an organisation for ]religious Zionist
Religious Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, translit. ''Tziyonut Datit'') is an ideology that combines Zionism and Orthodox Judaism. Its adherents are also referred to as ''Dati Leumi'' ( "National Religious"), and in Israel, the ...
girls carrying out national service.
Entering politics, she was elected to the council of Givat Shmuel in the 2013 local elections as a representative of the Jewish Home
The Jewish Home ( he, הַבַּיִת הַיְהוּדִי, HaBayit HaYehudi) is an Orthodox Jewish and religious Zionist political party in Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the ...
. She ran for the local party leadership in the buildup to the 2018 local elections, but stood down from the party's list after being defeated. Prior to the 2021 Knesset elections she was placed second on the Religious Zionist Party list,[ and was elected to the Knesset as the party won six seats. She was reelected in the 2022 Knesset elections and subsequently appointed Deputy Minister of Finance.][
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1969 births
Living people
20th-century Israeli lawyers
21st-century Israeli lawyers
21st-century Israeli women politicians
Bar-Ilan University alumni
Israeli city councillors
Israeli Orthodox Jews
Jewish Israeli politicians
Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–2022)
Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)
People from Bnei Brak
Religious Zionist Party politicians
The Jewish Home politicians
Women members of the Knesset