Moshe Levinger

Rabbi Moshe Levinger

Moshe Levinger (Hebrew: משה לוינגר) (born 1935 in Jerusalem - May 16, 2015 in Hebron) was an Israeli Religious Zionist and an Orthodox Rabbi.

From 1967 to 2015, he was a leading figure in the movement to settle Jews in the territories occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. He was especially known for leading Jewish settlement in Hebron in 1968 and for being one of the principals of the now defunct[1] settler movement Gush Emunim founded in 1974.

References

  1. Encyclopaedia Judaica: Volume 8, p. 145