# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-asher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:20:39.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-asher"
name: "Jacob Asher"
slug: "jacob-asher"
description: "Ya'akov Asher 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."
tagline: "Israeli politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_Asher_(E32J026298).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965-07-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             17.28378378378378
  historical:           8.766057333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8"
    title: "יעקב אשר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "يعقوب اشير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "يعقوب اشير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja'akov_A%C5%A1er"
    title: "Ja'akov Ašer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya'akov_Asher"
    title: "Ya'akov Asher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya'akov_Asher"
    title: "Ya'akov Asher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%91_%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8"
    title: "יעקב אשר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya'akov_Asher"
    title: "Ya'akov Asher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ja%E2%80%99akow_Aszer"
    title: "Ja’akow Aszer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%AF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Ашер, Яаков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2899261"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump