prominent torah scholars who led agudath yisroel included the gerrer rebbe, the radziner rebbe, rabbi mordechai yosef elazar leiner, and the chafetz chaim. in latvia between 1922-1934, members of the agudath israel faction, led by mordechai dubin, were elected to saeima (the parliament). another prominent member of agudath israel was michoel ber weissmandl.