{{Short description|Israeli politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Avraham Deutsch (00370711).jpg | caption = Deutsch in the 1950s | birth_date = 1889 | birth_place = Austria-Hungary | death_date = 25 May 1953 | office1 = Faction represented in the Knesset | suboffice1 = Agudat Yisrael | subterm1 = 1951–1953 }}
'''Avraham Deutsch''' ({{langx|he|אברהם דויטש}}; 1889 – 25 May 1953) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael between 1951 and 1953.
==Biography== Born in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary, Deutsch was educated in yeshivas, and was certified as a rabbi. He later studied at the University of Vienna, gaining a doctorate in pedagogy and philosophy.
In 1920 he moved to Budapest and became director of the educational institutions of the local Orthodox community. In 1943, he represented Hungarian Jews at the Bermuda Conference,<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=357 Avraham Deutsch: Public Activities] Knesset website</ref> which aimed to decide what to do with Jews who had been liberated by Allied forces. He escaped from Nazi-controlled Hungary to Switzerland with the Kastner train.
In 1950 he emigrated to Israel, where he became chief supervisor of Agudat Yisrael's educational system and chairman of the party's education department. In 1951, he was elected to the Knesset on the party's list. He died whilst still an MK in 1953. His seat was taken by Zalman Ben-Ya'akov.<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkindexbyknesset_eng.asp?knesset=2 Knesset Members in the Second Knesset] Knesset website</ref>
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==External links== *{{MKlink|id=357}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deutsch, Avraham}} Category:1889 births Category:1953 deaths Category:Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Category:Israeli rabbis Category:Rabbis from Budapest Category:Bergen-Belsen concentration camp survivors Category:University of Vienna alumni Category:Hungarian emigrants to Israel Category:Agudat Yisrael politicians Category:Jews from Austria-Hungary Category:Rabbinic members of the Knesset