Exhibit 23

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG, LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

          We consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement (Form S-8 No.  333-XXXXX ) pertaining to the 1997 Stock Option Program
and 1998 Employee  Stock Option Program of Vishay  Intertechnology,  Inc. of our
report  dated  February  8, 1999,  (except  for Note 16, as to which the date is
March 26, 1999), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Vishay
Intertechnology,  Inc.  included in its Annual  Report  (Form 10-K) for the year
ended December 31, 1998.


                                                              Ernst & Young, LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 7, 1999