Isser Yehuda Unterman

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Isser Yehuda Unterman was a prominent 20th-century rabbinic leader who served as one of Israel’s chief rabbis and played a key role in shaping the country’s religious life and institutions.

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instanceOf Chief Rabbi of Israel
human
rabbi
birthDate 1886-04-19
birthPlace Brest NERFINISHED
Brisk NERFINISHED
Russian Empire
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot NERFINISHED
citizenshipPeriod Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Israel
United Kingdom
deathDate 1976-01-26
educatedAt various Eastern European yeshivot
yeshiva of Brisk NERFINISHED
era 20th century
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jew NERFINISHED
familyName Unterman NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Jewish law
halakha
rabbinic leadership
gender male
givenName Isser NERFINISHED
influenced Israeli rabbinic courts
religious life in the State of Israel
knownFor leadership in Israeli religious institutions
rabbinic leadership in the Jewish diaspora
serving as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
languageSpoken English
Hebrew
Yiddish
movement Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
Religious Zionism NERFINISHED
name Isser Yehuda Unterman NERFINISHED
notableWork rabbinic responsa
officeEnd 1972
officeHeld Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel NERFINISHED
officeStart 1964
positionHeld Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel NERFINISHED
Chief Rabbi of Liverpool NERFINISHED
Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
predecessor Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
residence Brest NERFINISHED
Jerusalem
Liverpool NERFINISHED
Tel Aviv NERFINISHED
spouse Chana Unterman NERFINISHED
successor Shlomo Goren NERFINISHED

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel notableHolder Isser Yehuda Unterman