About Yehudah Glick
Yehudah Joshua Glick or Yehudah Glick (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ גְלִיק; born 20 November 1965), alternatively spelled "Yahudah (Yahushua) Glick", "Yehuda Yehoshua Glick", "Yehuda Yeshua Glick", "Jehuda Joshua Glick", and "Judah Jesua Glick" is an American Orthodox-Jewish Israeli rabbi and politician, described as a "right-wing" or "far-right" activist. As the President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation, he campaigns for expanding Jewish access to the Temple Mount. He was a member of the Knesset for Likud, having taken the place of former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon in May 2016 until April 2019. Glick is the leader of HaLiba, a coalition of groups dedicated to "reaching complete and comprehensive freedom and civil rights for Jews on the Temple Mount". Glick was awarded the 2015 Moskowitz Prize for Zionism for being "Active for human rights and religious freedom on Jerusalem's Temple Mount". On 29 October 2014, Glick survived an assassination attempt by Mutaz Hijazi, member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). == Early life and education == Yehudah Glick was born on 20 November 1965 in the United States to American Jewish parents, Brenda and Shimon Glick. His father, a physician and professor specializing in endocrinology research and medical ethics, made aliyah with his family from the United States in 1974, and helped found Ben Gurion University's school of medicine. Glick served in the Israeli Defense Forces between 1986 and 1989, as part of Yeshivat Har Etzion, the Hesder Yeshiva that he attended. Glick initially served in the Armoured Corps, and later in the Intelligence Corps.
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