Hagit Moshe
{{short description|Israeli Politician}}
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| name = Hagit Moshe
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| office = Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem
| term_start = 2016
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|04|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Beersheba, Israel
| party = Mafdal–Religious Zionism (2024–present)
| otherparty = National Religious Party (1994–2008)
The Jewish Home (2008–2023)
| spouse = Itzik Moshe
| children = 6
| education = {{unbulleted list|Touro College and University System|Lifshitz College of Education}}
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| occupation = Business administration teacher • Politician
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| branch = Israel Defense Forces
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| commands = Southern Command
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Hagit Moshe ({{Langx|he|חגית משה}}; born 14 April 1971) is an Israeli politician, currently serving as a deputy mayor of Jerusalem. She served as the last chairperson of The Jewish Home party between 2021 and 2023.
Political career
Moshe is the chairperson of The Jewish Home, and the first woman to serve in this capacity.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/right-wing-jewish-home-party-elects-first-female-leader/|title=Right-wing Jewish Home party elects first female leader|author=Stuart Winer|date=20 January 2021|accessdate=20 January 2021|work=The Times of Israel}} She currently serves as a Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem,{{Cite news|date=19 January 2021|title=Jerusalem deputy mayor elected head of Jewish Home party|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rksGB6V100|access-date=20 January 2021|website=ynetnews|first=Moran|last=Azulay|language=en}} and holds the Education portfolio and the Communities and Young Families portfolio in the city.{{Cite web|date=19 January 2021|title=New Jewish Home chairperson: Hagit Moshe|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295219|access-date=20 January 2021|website=Arutz Sheva|first=Yoni|last=Kempinski|language=en}}
In January 2021, after the retirement of Rabbi Rafi Peretz, Moshe ran for the leadership of the Jewish Home, at the urging of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.{{Cite web|title=Bayit Yehudi to hold leadership primaries, Netanyahu interferes|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/bayit-yehudi-to-hold-leadership-primaries-netanyahu-interferes-655888|access-date=20 January 2021|website=The Jerusalem Post|first=Gil|last=Hoffman|date=18 January 2021|language=en-US}} She received 472 votes, and defeated party secretary Nir Orbach.{{Cite web|title=Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe to head Bayit Yehudi|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/jerusalem-deputy-mayor-hagit-moshe-to-head-bayit-yehudi-656010|access-date=20 January 2021|website=The Jerusalem Post|first=Gil|last=Hoffman|date=19 January 2021|language=en-US}}
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Category:Deputy mayors of Jerusalem
Category:Politicians from Beersheba
Category:The Jewish Home leaders
Category:Touro International University alumni