18 Facts About Yitzhak Pindrus

Yitzhak Ze'ev Pindrus is an Israeli politician currently serving as a member of the Knesset for United Torah Judaism.

Yitzhak Pindrus attended Yeshivat Aderet Eliyahu, before marrying at the age of 19 and moving to the Beitar Illit settlement.

In 2001 Yitzhak Pindrus ran for mayor of Beitar Illit, unseating the incumbent mayor Yehuda Gerlitz.

Yitzhak Pindrus won by just 162 votes after he received 2,688 votes to Gerlitz's 2,526.

In 2007, Yitzhak Pindrus lost the mayoral election to Meir Rubinstein.

Yitzhak Pindrus subsequently became a member of Jerusalem City Council in 2008, becoming deputy mayor and portfolio holder for sanitation and city improvements.

Yitzhak Pindrus was eighteenth on the United Torah Judaism list for the 2013 elections, but the alliance won only seven seats.

Yitzhak Pindrus was twenty-second on the list for the 2015 Knesset elections, in which UTJ won six seats.

Yitzhak Pindrus was elected to the Knesset as the faction won eight seats.

Yitzhak Pindrus re-entered the Knesset in June 2020 as a replacement for Meir Porush, who had resigned under the Norwegian Law after being appointed to the cabinet.

Yitzhak Pindrus has publicly opposed the validity of conversion to Judaism conducted through an Israeli military program.

Yitzhak Pindrus later apologized on Israel's Channel 12 for his use of the term "shiksa" when referring to women who converted to Judaism through the IDF.

Yitzhak Pindrus said the use of the term was not appropriate, although he continued to insist that these women were not Jewish according to halakha.

Pidrus was reportedly criticized by MK Yair Lapid, who responded that Yitzhak Pindrus' view was reflective of his ignorance of the commitment of these women to preserving Jewish life in Israel.

Yitzhak Pindrus reportedly helped organize a Haredi opposition campaign against Women of the Wall, a pluralistic Jewish prayer group at the Western Wall.

Yitzhak Pindrus is opposed to pride parades, saying he wanted to stop them from happening.

Yitzhak Pindrus cited the Torah as the reason why he opposes homosexuality, claiming that the "decadence of forbidden relationships" is a bigger threat to Israel than the Islamic State, Hamas and Hezbollah.

Yitzhak Pindrus walked out of a speech given by newly elected Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana in protest of Ohana mentioning his same-sex partner.