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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Isser Yehuda Unterman canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Rabbi of Israel
human
rabbi
birthDate 1886-04-19
birthPlace Brest
linked to: Brest (Belarus)

Brisk
Russian Empire
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot
citizenshipPeriod Mandatory Palestine
countryOfCitizenship Israel
United Kingdom
deathDate 1976-01-26
educatedAt various Eastern European yeshivot
yeshiva of Brisk
era 20th century
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jew
linked to: Ashkenazi Jews
familyName Unterman
fieldOfWork Jewish law
halakha
rabbinic leadership
gender male
givenName Isser
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
Religious Zionism
name Isser Yehuda Unterman
notableWork rabbinic responsa
officeEnd 1972
officeHeld Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
officeStart 1964
positionHeld Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Chief Rabbi of Liverpool
Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv
predecessor Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog
religion Judaism
residence Brest
linked to: Brest (Belarus)

Jerusalem
Liverpool
Tel Aviv
spouse Chana Unterman
successor Shlomo Goren

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel notableHolder Isser Yehuda Unterman
Isser Yehuda Unterman name Isser Yehuda Unterman