The Jewish Economic Party was a political party of the First Czechoslovak Republic. It was created in October 1925 by Slovak Orthodox rabbis as a regional Slovakian party against the Zionist-controlled Jewish Party. It took part in the 1925 Czechoslovak parliamentary elections, where it got 16,861 votes (0.24%) and no seat.

Jewish Economic Party
LeaderKoloman Weber
FounderSlovak Orthodox rabbis
FoundedOctober 1925
Dissolved1926
Merger ofJewish Conservative Party
Succeeded byJewish Republican Party
IdeologyAshkenazi Haredim interests,
Religious conservatism,
Agrarianism
National affiliationRepublican Party of Farmers and Peasants (partner)
International affiliationWorld Agudath Israel

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