Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sports

The Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport (Hebrew: ועדת החינוך, התרבות והספורט, Vaadat hinuh ha, ha-Tarbut ve-ha-sport) is a Knesset committee which deals with education, culture, sports and arts in Israel.

The committee was established in 1949, during the tenure of the 1st Knesset convocation. The current acting chairman of the committee is member of the Yisrael Beiteinu party Alex Miller.

As a commission for education, the committee deals with all matters related to education: regarding schools, kindergartens, education in specific sectors, private education, teaching materials, the teachers, development and investment in various areas, the education budget, financial support for poor students, the education of students with learning disabilities and the higher education in Israel. The committee also discusses the treatment of various current trends and behaviors among Israeli teens which are widely perceived as negative and how to prevent them.

As a commission for Culture, Sport and Arts, the committee deals with promoting the culture in Israel in three different languages: Hebrew, Arabic and Yiddish.

The committee also deals with all matters related to the various branches of sports in Israel, especially the most popular ones: soccer, basketball, volleyball and swimming.

Chairmen of the Commission

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Portrait Chairman Took office Left office Party Ref.
Parsitz, ShoshanaShoshana Parsitz19491959 General Zionists
Rimalt, ElimelekhElimelekh Rimalt19591961 Liberal
Kol, MosheMoshe Kol19611965 Independent Liberals
Rimalt, ElimelekhElimelekh Rimalt19651969 Gahal
Katz, AbrahamAvraham Katz19691970 Gahal
Rimalt, ElimelekhElimelekh Rimalt19701974 Gahal
Shekhterman, AbrahamAvraham Shekhterman19741975 Likud
Katz, AbrahamAvraham Katz19751977 Likud
Yadlin, AharonAharon Yadlin19771979 Alignment
Namir, OraOra Namir19791984 Alignment
Raz, NachmanNachman Raz19841988 Alignment
Bar-Zohar, MichaelMichael Bar-Zohar19891992 Labor
Burug, AvrahamAvraham Burg19921995 Labor
Itzik, DaliaDalia Itzik19951996 Labor
Zisman, EmanuelEmanuel Zisman19961999 Third Way
Orlev, ZevulunZevulun Orlev19992003 Mafdal
Shalgi, IlanIlan Shalgi20032004 Shinui
Polishook-Bloch, MaliMeli Polishook-Bloch20042005 Shinui
Poraz, AvrahamAvraham Poraz20052006 Shinui
Melchior, MichaelMichael Melchior20062009 Meimad
Orlev, ZevulunZevulun Orlev20092010 Jewish Home
Miller, AlexAlex Miller20102012 Yisrael Beiteinu
Wilf, EinatEinat Wilf20122013 Independence
Mitzna, AmramAmram Mitzna20132015 Hatnua
Margi, Ya'akovYa'akov Margi20152019 Shas
Horowitz, NitzanNitzan Horowitz20202020 Meretz
Shefa, RamRam Shefa20202021 Blue and White
Haskel, SharrenSharren Haskel
(born 1984)
20212022 New Hope
Taieb, YosefYosef Taieb
(born 1981)
2023Incumbent Shas[1]
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References

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  1. ^ "Deri to be named Interior, Health Minister". Israel National News. 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-03-28.