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After establishment of the State, he was a member of the First Knesset, as well as minister of religions and minister in charge of war casualties. He eventually gave up politics in favor of writing. Rav Maimon founded a number of institutions which are still important in modern-day Israel. Specifically, the Mizrachi organization, including its educational institutions; the Israeli chief rabbinate and Mosad HaRav Kook.
While he was in exile in the United States, Rav Maimon became a prolific writer on behalf of the Mizrachi movement for religious Zionism. Later, although he was faithful to the leadership of the Jewish Yishuv, he was sympathetic to breakaway Jewish organizations, particularly the Irgun Zevai Leumi (Etzel) and Lohamei Herut Israel (Lehi). He was clear about the right of every Jew to bear arms in self-defense and in defense of Jewish rights in Eretz Yisrael. When the Haganah, forerunner of today\'s IDF, began to suppress the Etzel (1944-1945), he expressed his opposition.
After establishment of the State, he advocated institution a Sanhedrin supreme religious authority, but the idea was opposed in most religious circles.
His writing ranged from halakhah (religious law) and biblical investigation to talmudic and literary works. He founded Mizrachi\'s weekly newspaper, HaTor, which published 1921-1936. His major work was \"Sarei HaMeah\", whose six volumes, published 1942-1947, describe the greatest Jewish scholars of the 19th century. Other late works included books on Jewish holidays, on religious Zionism and several figures from Jewish history. via JewishVirtuaLlibrary
