Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sports

The Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport (Hebrew: ועדת החינוך, התרבות והספורט, Vaadat hinuh ha, ha-Tarbut ve-ha-sport) is a Knesset committee which deals with education, culture, sports and arts in Israel.

The committee was established in 1949, during the tenure of the 1st Knesset convocation. The current acting chairman of the committee is member of the Yisrael Beiteinu party Alex Miller.

As a commission for education, the committee deals with all matters related to education: regarding schools, kindergartens, education in specific sectors, private education, teaching materials, the teachers, development and investment in various areas, the education budget, financial support for poor students, the education of students with learning disabilities and the higher education in Israel. The committee also discusses the treatment of various current trends and behaviors among Israeli teens which are widely perceived as negative and how to prevent them.

As a commission for Culture, Sport and Arts, the committee deals with promoting the culture in Israel in three different languages: Hebrew, Arabic and Yiddish.

The committee also deals with all matters related to the various branches of sports in Israel, especially the most popular ones: soccer, basketball, volleyball and swimming.

Chairmen of the Commission

Portrait	Chairman	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref.
	Parsitz, ShoshanaShoshana Parsitz	1949	1959		General Zionists
	Rimalt, ElimelekhElimelekh Rimalt	1959	1961		Liberal
	Kol, MosheMoshe Kol	1961	1965		Independent Liberals
	Rimalt, ElimelekhElimelekh Rimalt	1965	1969		Gahal
	Katz, AbrahamAvraham Katz	1969	1970		Gahal
	Rimalt, ElimelekhElimelekh Rimalt	1970	1974		Gahal
	Shekhterman, AbrahamAvraham Shekhterman	1974	1975		Likud
	Katz, AbrahamAvraham Katz	1975	1977		Likud
	Yadlin, AharonAharon Yadlin	1977	1979		Alignment
	Namir, OraOra Namir	1979	1984		Alignment
	Raz, NachmanNachman Raz	1984	1988		Alignment
	Bar-Zohar, MichaelMichael Bar-Zohar	1989	1992		Labor
	Burug, AvrahamAvraham Burg	1992	1995		Labor
	Itzik, DaliaDalia Itzik	1995	1996		Labor
	Zisman, EmanuelEmanuel Zisman	1996	1999		Third Way
	Orlev, ZevulunZevulun Orlev	1999	2003		Mafdal
	Shalgi, IlanIlan Shalgi	2003	2004		Shinui
	Polishook-Bloch, MaliMeli Polishook-Bloch	2004	2005		Shinui
	Poraz, AvrahamAvraham Poraz	2005	2006		Shinui
	Melchior, MichaelMichael Melchior	2006	2009		Meimad
	Orlev, ZevulunZevulun Orlev	2009	2010		Jewish Home
	Miller, AlexAlex Miller	2010	2012		Yisrael Beiteinu
	Wilf, EinatEinat Wilf	2012	2013		Independence
	Mitzna, AmramAmram Mitzna	2013	2015		Hatnua
	Margi, Ya'akovYa'akov Margi	2015	2019		Shas
	Horowitz, NitzanNitzan Horowitz	2020	2020		Meretz
	Shefa, RamRam Shefa	2020	2021		Blue and White
	Haskel, SharrenSharren Haskel (born 1984)	2021	2022		New Hope
	Taieb, YosefYosef Taieb (born 1981)	2023	Incumbent		Shas

External links

• Information regarding the current Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport – posted on the Knesset website
• The panel of the Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport through its history – posted on the Knesset website (in Hebrew)