[1][3] While studying at the University of Leipzig, he joined the Young Mizrahi religious Zionist movement.

He arranged Jewish prayer services in private homes after German synagogues were burned, and worked underground to help Jews escape to Britain and the Netherlands.

[4] He worked as teacher at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium - where he taught religion wearing a kippa, which he would remove when teaching history[5] - before moving to Jerusalem.

They had a son, Avraham, a politician[7] who served as speaker of the fifteenth Knesset, and two daughters, Ada, a doctor and Zvia.

In the fourth, fifth and sixth governments he served as minister of postal services, a position he retained until 1958.

"[1] Ehud Barak said Burg took the path of moderation and tolerance, and showed a love for Jewish tradition.