Manhigut Yehudit

Manhigut Yehudit (Hebrew: מנהיגות יהודית, "Jewish Leadership") is a movement started by Moshe Feiglin and Shmuel Sackett to lead the State of Israel with, in their words, "authentic Jewish values". This has been widely interpreted, both by Manhigut supporters and outside observers, as Orthodox Judaism, but without a 'Galut' (exile, Jewish diaspora) mentality. The movement opposes religious and secular coercion, and wants Jewish identity, as prescribed by the 'Tanakh' or Hebrew Bible, and authentic Jewish teachings to become Israel's official culture.

In 2005, Manhigut Yehudit became the largest faction within the Likud Central Committee, the body that decides Likud Party policy. In 2014, however, Feiglin and the faction's other candidates, Michael Foy and Shai Malka, suffered a crushing defeat in the party primaries, resulting in Feiglin and his followers quitting Likud and announcing the intention to form a new party with the name Zehut - Tnua Yehudit Yisraelit (Identity - Israeli Jewish movement).^[1]