Yehuda Gilad (politician)

Rabbi Yehuda Gilad (Hebrew: יהודה גלעד, born 30 August 1955) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meimad between 2002 and 2003.

In the early 1990s he worked as an emissary for the Jewish Agency and Bnei Akiva in London, and was a programme director for Gesher, an organisation dedicated to bridging the gap between secular and religious youths.

In 2002 he became chairman of the Meimad secretariat, and on 5 June 2002, he entered the Knesset as a replacement for Maxim Levy.

He is now a Rosh Yeshivah at Yeshivat Maale Gilboa and the rabbi of kibbutz Lavi.

He frequently writes articles on topical issues related to Israel and Judaism.