# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zerach-warhaftig
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:05:29.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zerach-warhaftig"
name: "Zerach Warhaftig"
slug: "zerach-warhaftig"
description: "Zorach Warhaftig, also spelled Zorah  or Zerach, was an Israeli rabbi, lawyer, and politician. He was a signatory of Israel's Declaration of Independence. In 1940, he was one of the people who influenced the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara to issue life-saving transit visas, and later he became one of the first members of Israel's Knesset and the author of the country's Law of Return."
tagline: "Israeli rabbi and politician (1906–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zerach_Warhaftig_-_D709-075.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1906-02-02"
deathDate: "2002-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.240644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زيراح فرهابتيج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Зэрах Вархафціг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zerach Warhaftig"
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    title: "Serach Wahrhaftig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorach_Warhaftig"
    title: "Zorach Warhaftig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerach_Warhaftig"
    title: "Zerach Warhaftig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerach_Warhaftig"
    title: "Zerach Warhaftig"
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    title: "זרח ורהפטיג"
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    title: "Zerach Warhaftig"
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    title: "Zerach Warhaftig"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3%2C_%D0%97%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85"
    title: "Вархафтиг, Зерах"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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