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Ya'akov Asher ( , born 1965) is an Israeli rabbi and politician.1He currently serves as the thirteenth mayor of Bnei Brak , having taken office in 2008.2A member of Degel HaTorah , by 2008 he had already been involved with the city council for nineteen years. He became mayor in 2008 without an election, as there were no opposing candidates due to an agreement between Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael to share the post of mayor on an alternating basis. He previously ran for mayor of El'ad, but lost to Tzuriel Krispel.3No walk in the park in Bnei Brak - yet Haaretz, 26 January 2009 Ya'akov Asher promises "not to ask for 100 days of grace" MyNet, 23 November 2008 icon4
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member of the Knesset Ya'akov Asher ( ; born 2 July 1965) is an Israeli rabbi and politician.A member of Degel HaTorah , he served as a member of the Knesset for the United Torah Judaism alliance between 2013 and 2015.He was previously the thirteenth mayor of Bnei Brak , having taken office in 2008. No walk in the park in Bnei Brak - yet Haaretz, 26 January 2009
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Israeli politician member of the Knesset Ya'akov Asher ( ; born 2 July 1965) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Torah Judaism alliance.A member of the Degel HaTorah party, he previously served as a member of the Knesset between 2013 and 2015, and was also the thirteenth mayor of Bnei Brak , having taken office in 2008. No walk in the park in Bnei Brak - yet Haaretz, 26 January 2009
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Israeli politician Ya'akov Asher ( ; born 2 July 1965) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Torah Judaism alliance. A member of the Degel HaTorah party, he previously served as a member of the Knesset between 2013 and 2015, and was also the thirteenth mayor of Bnei Brak , having taken office in 2008. No walk in the park in Bnei Brak - yet Haaretz, 26 January 2009
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Israeli politician Ya'akov Asher ( Hebrew : יַעֲקֹב אָשֵׁר , Yiddish : יעקב אשר ; born 2 July 1965) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi and politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the United Torah Judaism alliance. A member of the Degel HaTorah party, he previously served as a member of the Knesset between 2013 and 2015, and was also the thirteenth mayor of Bnei Brak , having taken office in 2008. No walk in the park in Bnei Brak – yet Haaretz, 26 January 2009
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israeli rabbi and politician
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israeli haredi rabbi and politician who currently serves as a member of the knesset for the united torah judais
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