Kalman Kahana
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| Date of birth | 31 May 1910 |
| Place of birth | Brody, Austria-Hungary |
| Year of aliyah | 1938 |
| Date of death | 20 August 1991 (aged 81) |
| Knessets | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
| 1951–1955 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| 1955–1960 | Religious Torah Front |
| 1960–1974 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| 1974–1977 | Religious Torah Front |
| 1977–1981 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
Kalman Kahana (Hebrew: קלמן כהנא, 31 May 1910, Brody, western Ukraine – 20 August 1991) was a long-serving Israeli politician and journalist, and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence. He was the brother of Yitzhak Kahan, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel.
Kalman was born in Galicia, an area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire now in modern-day Ukraine. He studied Philosophy, Semitic Languages, History and Pedagogy at Berlin University and Würzburg University, eventually gaining a PhD in Philosophy. He also graduated as a Rabbi from the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin, and was also head of the Haredi Students Organization in the city, as well as being a member of the Young Aguda.
Kalman immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1938, settling in the Kibbutz of Hafetz Haim. After immigrating, he became editor of the Sha'arim newspaper.
Kalman soon became involved in politics, becoming a member of the secretariat of the Executive Committee of Poalei Agudat Yisrael, and also sat on the central committee of the international organisation. Eventually he became president of the federation.
His position as head of the largest Ultra-orthodox workers union meant that he became a member of Provisional State Council, and was one of the people to sign Israel's declaration of independence.
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