Yosef Taieb

Yosef Taieb (Hebrew: יוסף טייב‎, born 15 February 1981) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas.

Yosef Taieb
Date of birth (1981-02-15) 15 February 1981
Place of birthParis, France
Knessets23
Faction represented in Knesset
2020–Shas

Biography

Taieb was born in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. He emigrated to Israel at the age of 17 to study in the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. During his national service in the Israel Defence Forces, he served in the Givati Brigade.[1] Between 2006 and 2008 he worked in Toulouse as a community rabbi.[2] After returning to Israel, he managed projects for French immigrants run by the Wolfson Foundation from 2009 to 2020.[2]

Taieb was elected to the municipal council of Kiryat Ye'arim. In 2018 he became deputy mayor of the council.[2] He was placed fifteenth on the Shas list for the April 2019 elections,[3] but the party won only eight seats. He was placed twelfth for the September 2019 elections,[4] in which Shas won nine seats. Although he missed out again in the March 2020 elections in which he was placed eleventh and Shas again won nine seats, he entered the Knesset on 1 July 2020 as a replacement for Yoav Ben-Tzur, who had resigned his seat under the Norwegian Law after being appointed to the cabinet.[1]

References
  1. French-born rabbi sworn in to Knesset The Jerusalem Post, 1 July 2020
  2. Yosef Taieb: Public Activities Knesset
  3. 21st Knesset elections: Shas list Central Elections Committee
  4. 22nd Knesset elections: Shas list Central Elections Committee
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