Yitzhak-Meir Levin
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| Date of birth | 30 January 1893 |
| Place of birth | Góra Kalwaria, Russian Empire |
| Year of aliyah | 1940 |
| Date of death | 7 August 1971 (aged 78) |
| Knessets | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
| 1951–1955 | Agudat Yisrael |
| 1955–1960 | Religious Torah Front |
| 1960–1971 | Agudat Yisrael |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1948–1952 | Minister of Welfare |
Rabbi Yitzhak-Meir Levin, (Hebrew: יצחק-מאיר לוין, Polish: Izaak Meir Lewin; 30 January 1893 – 7 August 1971) was an Haredi politician in Poland and Israel. One of 37 people to sign the Israeli declaration of independence, he served in several Israeli cabinets, and was a longtime leader and Knesset minister for Agudat Yisrael and related parties.
Born in Góra Kalwaria (known as Ger in Yiddish) in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), Levin studied at yeshivas, before being certified as a rabbi. He married the daughter of Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter, head of the influential Ger hasidic dynasty. With a support of his new family, he became involved in politics; he was one of the leaders of Agudath Israel in Poland, was elected to Warsaw Community Council as a representative of the organisation in 1924, and five years later was elected to the World Agudath Israel presidium. In 1937 he was elected as one of the two co-chairmen of the organisation's executive committee. In 1940 he became the sole chairman.
He was also involved in founding the Beis Yaakov school system for religious Jewish girls.
Following the outbreak of World War II, Levin helped refugees in Warsaw, before immigrating to Mandatory Palestine in 1940, where he became head of the local branch of Agudath Israel.
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