Matan Kahana

After Eisenkot, Matan Kahana also announces exit from Gantz's party

Kahana's exit follows Gadi Eisenkot's Monday announcement that he would be leaving National Unity and resigning from the Knesset.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ELIAV BREUER
MK Matan Kahana attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 7, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

A gov't of desecration: Goldknopf’s dance shows Israelis who is really to blame - opinion

How in the world can self-identifying Zionist Knesset members in the coalition participate in this injustice?

|ByMATAN KAHANA
(Illustrative) State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman and IDF Chief of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi over a backdrop of the IDF Kirya military headquarters.

Secret recordings, NDAs: Comptroller reveals IDF officers not complying with investigations

"If these obstacles are not removed by January 15, 2025, I will be compelled to use my investigative authority," Englman warned.

|ByBINI ASCHKENASY
1000 Christians and Jews March with MK Matan Kahane and IAF President, Josh Reinstein on Yom Hashoah with the March of Life in Stuttgart.

MK Kahana marches alongside Christians and Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day

During his trip, MK Kahana engaged in meetings at the Parliament of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart where he discussed efforts needed to combat antisemitism.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Municipal chief rabbis to be bound by term limits

Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana intends to create a time-limited service period for municipal chief rabbis, after which they can be reelected, to ensure they stay accountable and relevant.

JULY 7, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends to the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig in Safed on December 31, 2018.

Minister demands religious councils increase women representation

In previous councils, just 17% of members were women. According to the new Religious Services Minister, they must increase women members to 20 - 33% of council members.

JUNE 28, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana (Yamina) is seen speaking at the transition ceremony where he replaces now former minister Yaakov Avitan, on June 14, 2021.

Law to be advanced to allow Elkin to serve on rabbinical judges committee

Law will reduce ultra-Orthodox influence on the appointments committee for rabbinical judges, and preserve the guaranteed place of four women on the panel

JUNE 22, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
New Hope MK Ze'ev Elkin is seen at a meeting of the Knesset Arrangements Committee.