Moshe Levinger

Rabbi
Moshe Levinger
Rabbi Moshe Levinger, 2005
Personal
Born1935
Jerusalem
DiedMay 16, 2015
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseMiriam Levinger
Children11
MovementReligious Zionism
Known forLeading Jewish settlement in Hebron
OccupationRabbi, activist, criminal

Moshe Levinger (Hebrew: משה לוינגר‎; 1935 – May 16, 2015) was an Israeli Religious Zionist activist and an Orthodox Rabbi who, since 1967, had been a leading figure in the movement to settle Jews in the territories occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. He is 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, among whose ranks he assumed legendary status. Levinger was reportedly involved in violent acts against Palestinians.[2]

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica: Volume 8, p. 145
  2. ^ Ami Pedazhur, Arie Perliger, Jewish Terrorism in Israel, Columbia University Press (2009) 2011 p. 72.