19th century •
Liebman Adler (1812-1892), noted abolitionist and rabbi at
Temple Beth El (Detroit), the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan, and
KAM Isaiah Israel in Chicago, the oldest Jewish congregation in Illinois •
Aaron of Pinsk (?–1841), author of
Tosafot Aharon •
Barnett Abrahams (1831–1863),
dayan, Principal of
Jews' College, London •
Yaakov Koppel Altenkunshtadt (1765–1837), German and Hungarian rabbi •
Shimon Agassi (1852–1914), Iraqi Hakham and Kabbalist •
Nathan Marcus Adler (1803–1890),
Chief Rabbi of the
British Empire •
Aharon of Karlin (II) (1802–1872), Hassidic leader •
Judah Alkalai (1798–1878),
Sephardic rabbi, one of the influential precursors of modern
Zionism •
Avraham Eliezer Alperstein (1853–1917),
rosh yeshiva of
RIETS, publisher, communal leader and Talmudic scholar, one of the founders of the
Agudath Harabbonim •
Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter (1847–1905), (
Sfas Emes) Gerrer Rebbe •
Benjamin Artom (1835–1879),
Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews •
Salomon Berdugo (1854–1906), rabbi in
Meknes •
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (1816–1893), (
Netziv; ''Ha'emek Davar'') rosh yeshiva of the
Volozhin Yeshiva, son-in-law of
Yitzhak of Volozhin •
Yehuda Bibas (1789–1852),
Sephardic rabbi, rabbi of
Corfu, the first of the precursors of modern
Zionism •
Avrohom Bornsztain (1838–1910), (
Avnei Nezer), founder and first
rebbe of the
Sochatchover Hasidic dynasty •
Lelio Cantoni (1802–1857), Italian writer •
Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855), (
Maharatz Chayes), Galician Talmudic scholar •
Yosef Chayim (1835–1909), the
Ben Ish Hai, Iraqi halakhist and preacher •
Yehoshua Leib Diskin (1818–1898), rabbi in Shklov, Brisk and Jerusalem •
Akiva Eiger (1761–1837), Talmudist and communal leader •
Yechiel Michel Epstein (1829–1908), (
Aruch ha-Shulchan) 19th–20th-century halakhist and
posek (decisor) •
Jacob Ettlinger (1798–1871), German scholar, author of the
Aruch La-Ner, fierce opponent of
Reform Judaism •
Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917), first rebbe of
Boyan •
Shlomo Ganzfried (
Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, 1804–1886), posek •
Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794–1867) also known as Stropkover Rov – Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov, Galicia •
Moshe Greenwald (1853–1910), rabbi of
Chust, Hungary and founder of the
Puppa Hasidic dynasty •
Lazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian writer, educator and
Zionist political activist, representative of the
Mizrachi movement in the
Zionist Congress •
Shlomo HaKohen (1828–1905), famed
Av Beis Din and
Posek of
Vilna, editor of the
Vilna Edition Shas, supporter of the
Mizrachi Religious Zionism movement •
Solomon Herschell (1762–1842), British Chief Rabbi •
Azriel Hildesheimer (1820–1899),
philosopher, a founder of
Modern Orthodox Judaism •
Abraham Hillel (1820–1920), Chief Rabbi of Baghdad •
Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808–1888), German founder of the
Torah im Derech Eretz movement •
David Zvi Hoffmann (1843–1921),
Torah Scholar who headed the
Yeshiva in Berlin, published research on the
Chumash and
Mishnah, expert in
Midrash halakha and a
halakhic authority •
Márkus Horovitz (1844–1910),
Hungarian historian and writer, rabbi of
Lauenburg,
Gnesen and
Frankfurt am Main •
Yitzchak Ickovits (1780–1849), rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva, son of
Chaim of Volozhin •
Jacob Joseph (1840–1902), rabbi of
Vilon,
Yurburg,
Zhagory and
Kovno, Chief Rabbi of New York City's Association of American Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, helped found the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva on the
Lower East Side •
Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (1795–1874), German author who expressed views, from a religious perspective, in favor of the Jewish re-settlement of the
Land of Israel, which predate
Theodor Herzl and the Zionist movement •
Nachum Kaplan (1811–1879),
Lithuanian Talmudist, philanthropist and
Talmid Chacham •
Abraham Lichtstein, Av Beit Din of
Przasnysz, Poland •
Israel Lipschitz (1782–1860), leading
Ashkenazi first in
Dessau and then in the
Jewish Community of Danzig, author of the commentary "Tiferes Yisrael" on the
Mishnah •
Jacob of Lissa (1760–1832), Galician Halakhist •
Samuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), (also known as
Shadal) Italian scholar, poet, and a member of the
Wissenschaft des Judentums movement •
Chaim Hezekiah Medini (1834–1904), Chief Rabbi of
Hebron, author of
Sdei Chemed, Posek and
Talmudic scholar, composer of
Piyutim •
Raphael Meldola (1754–1828), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in London •
Frederick de Sola Mendes (1850–1927), Sephardic rabbi in London and America •
Meir Lob ben Yechiel Michael (1809–1879), (
The Malbim), Russian-born
Hebrew grammarian, known for his novel
commentary on much of
Tanach •
Samuel Mohilever (1824–1898), pioneer of
Religious Zionism and one of the founders of the
Hovevei Zion movement •
Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810), (
Rebbe Nachman), Ukrainian Hasidic and mystic •
Nathan of Breslov (1780–1844), known as Reb Noson, was the chief disciple and scribe of Nachman of Breslov •
Avrohom Chaim Oppenheim (1796?–1824), rabbi at
Pécs,
Hungary. •
Eliezer Papo (1785–1828),
Pele Yoetz, rabbi of the community of
Selestria,
Bulgaria •
Moses Pardo (?–1888), Jerusalem-born rabbi of
Alexandria •
Yechiel Michel Pines (1824–1913),
Russian-born
religious Zionist writer, and community leader in the
Old Yishuv •
Yitzhak Isaac Halevy Rabinowitz (1847–1914), Jewish historian, and founder of the
Agudath Israel organization •
Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport (1786–1867), rabbi of
Tarnopol and
Prague, son-in-law of
Aryeh Leib Heller •
Yitzchak Yaacov Reines (1839–1915),
Lithuanian founder of the
Mizrachi Religious Zionist Movement, a correspondent of
Theodor Herzl •
Zvi Yosef HaKohen Resnick (1841–1912), educator, rosh yeshiva of
Ohel Yitzhak in
Suwałki, Poland •
Yosef Altschul(1839–1908), haazan, improviser of jewish songs •
Shmuel Salant (1816–1909),
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70 years,
Talmudist and
Torah scholar •
Yisrael Lipkin Salanter (1810–1883), father of the
Musar movement in
Orthodox Judaism, rosh yeshiva and Talmudist •
Zundel Salant (1786–1866), instrumental in founding the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva in
Jerusalem, the
Bikur Cholim Hospital and
Hevrah Kadisha, rabbi of
Yisrael Salanter •
Dovber Schneuri (1773–1827), second
Rebbe of Lubavitch •
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789–1866), (
Tzemach Tzedek), third
rebbe of
Lubavitch •
Shmuel Schneersohn (1834–1882), fourth
rebbe of Lubavitch •
Moshe Schick (1807–1879), Hungarian
posek known as
Maharam Schick, author of
Halachic responsa •
Refael Shapiro (1837–1921),
rosh yeshiva of the
Yeshivat Volozhin, author of
Toras Refael, son-in-law of the
Netziv, father-in-law of
Chaim Soloveichik •
Moses Sofer (1762–1839), (
Chasam Sofer), Hungarian rabbi •
Yaakov Chaim Sofer (1870–1939), Baghdadi author of
Kaf ha-Chaim •
Chaim Soloveitchik (1853–1918), founder of the
Brisker method, son of
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi), son-in-law of Refael Shapiro •
Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, (1820–1892) author of
Beis Halevi (the title by which he is known among Talmudic scholars) •
Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (1817–1896),
Russian posek and Talmudist, rabbi of
Baresa,
Nishvez,
Novohrodo, Chief Rabbi of
Kovno •
Hayyim Tyrer (1740–1817), Hasidic kabbalist •
Simcha Zissel Ziv (1824–1898), the Elder of Kelm, one of the early leaders of the
Musar movement, founder and director of the
Kelm Talmud Torah 20th century Religious-Zionist •
Amram Aburbeh (1892–1966), Chief Rabbi of the
Sephardic congregation in
Petah Tikva,
Israel and author of
Netivei Am •
Yehuda Amital (1924–2010), founding
rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion, founder of the
Meimad party, former member of the
Israeli cabinet, creator of the
Hesder Yeshiva concept •
Yitzhak Arieli (1896–1974), of the founders of
Kiryat Shmuel and
Neve Sha'anan, spiritual leader of the
Knesset Yisrael neighborhood,
posek of
Bikur Holim Hospital,
mashgiach ruchani of the
Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva •
Léon Ashkenazi (1922–1996), educator,
Kabbalist,
philosopher, spiritual leader of 20th century
French Jewry •
Meir Bar-Ilan (1880–1949),
Religious Zionist activist,
author, leader of the
Mizrachi movement in the United States and
Mandatory Palestine •
Chaim Yitzchak Bloch (1864–1948), founder and rosh yeshiva of Plunge Yeshiva, rabbi of
Palanga, the
Bauska Jewish community and
Jersey City, where he was also
Av Beit Din •
Mordechai Breuer (1921–2007), Israeli expert on
Tanach, descendant of
Samson Raphael Hirsch •
Henrik Bródy (1868–1942), rabbi of the congregation of
Náchod,
Bohemia and Chief Rabbi of
Prague, leader of the
Mizrachi movement in
Czechoslovakia, author and editor •
Shlomo Yosef Burg (1909–1999),
German-born
Israeli politician, one of the founders of the
National Religious Party •
Yaakov Moshe Charlap (1882–1951),
talmudist,
kabbalist, rosh yeshiva of Mercaz HaRav, rabbi of the
Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood, author of the
Mei Marom series of books on
Jewish thought •
Zwi Perez Chajes (1876–1927),
historian,
biblical scholar, rabbi of
Florence,
Trieste and
Vienna, Chairman of the
Zionist General Council •
David Cohen (1887–1972), rabbi, talmudist, philosopher and kabbalist, Jewish ascetic who accepted a Nazirite vow at the outbreak of
WWI •
Mordechai Eliyahu (1929–2010), former
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of
Israel •
Menachem Froman (1945–2013), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and a peacemaker and negotiator with close ties to Palestinian religious leaders •
Aryeh Leib Frumkin (1845–1916), a founder and pioneer of
Petah Tikva, the first
moshava created in by the
Jewish community, author of
halachic texts, teacher, operator of a wine shop, great-grandfather of
Jonathan Sacks •
Moshe Shmuel Glasner (1856–1924),
Hungarian Talmudic scholar,
author of the ''Dor Revi'i, C''hief Rabbi of
Klausenburg, a founder of
Mizrachi, great-grandson of the
Chassam Sofer •
Shlomo Goren (1917–1994), Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the
Israel Defense Forces •
Ovadia Hedaya (1889–1969), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaMekubalim/Beit El Synagogue, recipient of the
Israel Prize in rabbinical literature •
Chaim Hirschensohn (1857–1935), prolific author, rabbi, thinker and early proponent of
Religious Zionism, Chief rabbi of
Hoboken, New Jersey •
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (1966–2000), Israeli leader of the
Kahane Chai party and son of rabbi
Meir Kahane •
Meir Kahane (1932–1990), founder of the
Jewish Defense League and the
Kach party, rosh yeshiva of
Haraayon Hayehudi yeshiva, Jerusalem •
Israel Isaac Kahanovitch (1872–1945),
Polish Canadian Orthodox Chief Rabbi of
Winnipeg and
Western Canada for nearly 40 years,
Talmudist and
Zionist activist, founding member of the
Canadian Jewish Congress •
Reuvein Margolies (1889–1971), Israeli author,
Talmudic scholar, head of the
Rambam library, recipient of the
Israel Prize for his work on
rabbinic literature •
Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895–1983),
Polish-born Israeli, author of the
Torah Sheleimah, founder and rosh yeshiva of the
Sfas Emes Yeshiva, recipient of the
Israel Prize in rabbinic literature •
Pinchas Kehati (1910–1976), Polish Israeli teacher and author, author of
Mishnayot Mevoarot, ("Explained
Mishnayot") •
Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), first
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine, philosopher and
Kabbalist, founding rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva •
Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), rosh yeshiva of Mercaz Harav, son of
Abraham Isaac Kook •
Aryeh Levin (1885–1969),
Mashgiach of the
Etz Chaim Yeshiva in
Jerusalem, activist known as the "Father of Prisoners" and the "
Tzadik of
Jerusalem" •
Moshe Levinger (1935–2015), one of the principals of
Gush Emunim, led Jewish settlement in
Hebron, helped establish
Kiryat Arba •
Pinchas HaKohen Lintup (1851–1924),
Religious Zionist Lithuanian rabbi, teacher,
Kabbalist, spiritual leader of the
Hasidic community of
Biržai •
Yehuda Leib Maimon (1875–1962), Israeli politician, Israel's first
Minister of Religions, leader of
Mizrachi in Israel, founder of
Mossad HaRav Kook •
Zvi Hirsch Masliansky (1856–1943), lecturer, writer and
Zionist, charter member of the
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America •
Moshe Tzvi Neria (1913–1995), head of the Bnei Akiva Yeshivot •
Menachem Porush (1916–2010), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael •
Yosef Qafih (1917–2000),
Yemenite-Israeli
authority on Jewish religious law (
halakha), a
dayan of the
Supreme Rabbinical Court in Israel •
Avraham Shapira (1914–2007),
Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz haRav
yeshiva •
Gedaliah Silverstone (1871–1944), author in the
United States, rabbi of
Ohev Sholom Congregation in
Washington, D.C. and
Kesher Israel Congregation in
Georgetown, vice president of the
Agudath Harabbonim •
Isser Yehuda Unterman (1886–1976),
Ashkenazi Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, third Chief Rabbi of
Tel Aviv, leader of the
Mizrachi Movement •
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1880–1953), first
Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel •
Yehuda Leib Don Yihye (1869–1941),
Hassid and student of
Volozhin Yeshiva affiliated with the
Mizrachi Movement •
Shaul Yisraeli (1909–1995), rabbi of
moshav Kfar Haroeh,
Dayan in the Supreme religious court of Israel, member of the
Chief Rabbinate of Israel, rosh yeshiva at Mercaz HaRav, recipient of the
Israel Prize in
Judaic Studies Haredi •
Yehezkel Abramsky (1886–1976), author of
Chazon Yehezkel •
Yisrael Abuhatzeira (1889–1984), Kabbalist •
Nisson Alpert (1927–1986),
rosh yeshiva of
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and the first Rosh
Kollel of its Kollel L’Horaah — Yadin-Yadin •
Baruch Ashlag (1907–1991),
Hasidic rebbe,
Kabbalist,
author, firstborn and successor of
Yehuda Ashlag •
Yehuda Ashlag (1885–1954), Hasidic rebbe,
kabbalist,
author of the
Baal Ha-Sulam on the
Zohar and of
Talmud Eser Sefirot •
Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (1910–1995),
Orthodox Jewish rabbi,
posek, and rosh yeshiva of the
Kol Torah yeshiva in
Jerusalem •
Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for the
Edah HaChareidis, author of
Leflagos Reuven •
Shmuel Berenbaum (1920–2008), rosh yeshiva of the
Mir yeshiva in
Brooklyn, New York •
Abba Berman (1919–2005),
Talmudist and rosh yeshiva, one of the founding members of the Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn •
Amram Blau (1894–1974), Haredi rabbi from the Hungarian community of Jerusalem and one of the founders of the fiercely anti-Zionist
Neturei Karta •
Shmuel Bornsztain (1855–1926),
Shem Mishmuel, Second Sochatchover Rebbe •
Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892–1953), (''Michtav Me'Eliyahu'') religious philosopher and ethicist •
Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948), also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of Dushinsky •
Baruch Epstein (1860–1941), (
Torah Temimah), Lithuanian Torah commentator •
Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866–1933), (
Levush Mordechai), Talmudist and co-head of
Slabodka yeshiva •
Moshe Feinstein (1895–1986), (
Igrot Moshe), Russian-American legal scholar and Talmudist •
Tzvi Hirsch Ferber (1879–1966), (
Kerem HaTzvi), author, leader and scholar •
Nosson Tzvi Finkel (1849–1927), (
Alter /
Sabba), early 20th-century founder of Slabodka yeshiva, Lithuania •
Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879–1965), rosh yeshiva of the
Mir Yeshiva in Poland, son of
Nosson Tzvi Finkel •
Mordechai Shlomo Friedman (1891–1971), Boyaner Rebbe of New York •
Rogatchover Gaon (1858–1936), (Rav Yosef Rosen), Talmudist and Hasidic leader •
Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht (1924–1994), founding rosh yeshiva of the first
Hesder yeshiva,
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh •
Boruch Greenfeld (1872–1956), (
Reb Boruch Hermenshtater), Hasidic mystic and scholar, author of
Ohel Boruch •
Yaakov Yehezkiya Greenwald (1882–1941), rabbi in
Pápa, Hungary, author of
Vayageid Yaakov •
Yosef Greenwald (1903–1984), (
Pupa Rav) author of
Vaychi Yosef •
Yerucham Gorelick (1911–1983), rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for forty years (1943–1983) •
Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863–1940), pre-eminent
Av beis din (rabbinical chief justice),
posek (halakhic authority) and
Talmudic scholar in
Vilnius,
Lithuania •
Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), second Bobover Rebbe, killed by the Nazis in 1941 • Shalom Hedaya (1864–1944), head of the Beit Din for Sephardic Jews in Jerusalem, Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaMekubalim/Beit El Synagogue and was given the title Harav Hachasid •
Yitzchok Hutner (1906–1980), (
Pachad Yitzchok), European-born, American and Israeli rosh yeshiva •
Yisrael Meir Kagan (1839–1933), (
Chofetz Chaim), posek, and
ethicist, compiler of classic works. Born and lived in Poland. Wrote the
Mishnah Berurah, a work on Jewish Law. •
Yaakov Kamenetsky (1891–1986), rabbinical leader and educationalist •
Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (1899–1985), ("Steipler Gaon"), Ukrainian-born scholar •
Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983), (
Living Torah) writer and mystic •
Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1878–1953), (
Chazon Ish) Haredi leader in Israel •
Chaim Mordechai Katz (1894–1964), rosh yeshiva of the
Telshe Yeshiva in
Cleveland •
Pinchas Kohn (1867–1941), last rabbi of
Ansbach, a founder and executive director of
World Agudath Israel •
Aharon Kotler (1891–1962), Lithuanian scholar, founder of
Lakewood Yeshiva in the United States •
Chaim Kreiswirth (1918–2001), long-time Chief Rabbi of Antwerp (Belgium) •
Yechezkel Levenstein (1885–1974),
mashgiach ruchani of the
Mir Yeshiva in Poland •
Boruch Ber Leibowitz (1862–1939), Rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivas Knesses Beis Yitzchak •
Gershon Liebman (1905–1997), leader of the Novardok Yeshiva movement in
France •
Dovid Lifshitz (1906–1993), rosh yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for almost fifty years, President of the
Ezras Torah Fund •
Elyah Lopian (1876–1970), known as Reb Elyah, prominent in the Mussar Movement •
Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870–1953), renowned Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva •
Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886–1948), European-born head of
Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, one of the founders of
Torah U'Mesorah •
Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843–1926), (
Ohr Somayach;
Meshech Chochmah) Lithuanian-Latvian Talmudist and communal leader •
Shulem Moshkovitz (1877–1958), Hasidic rebbe in London •
Yisroel Ber Odesser (1888–1994), Breslover Hasid and rabbi •
Chanoch Dov Padwa (1908–2000), (''Cheishev Ho'ephod''), rabbinical head of
UOHC, London •
Nochum Partzovitz (?–1986), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivas Mir, grandson of
Shlomo HaKohen •
Shlomo Polachek (1877–1928), Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and its
Yeshiva College, one of the earliest rosh yeshiva in America •
Eliezer Poupko (1886–1961), Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in
Velizh,
Russia, honorary president and a member of the executive board of the
Agudath Harabonim, father of
Baruch Poupko •
Chaim Dov Rabinowitz (1909–2001), author of Da'as Sofrim on Tanach and other commentaries •
David Rappoport (1890–1941), rosh yeshiva of the
Baranovich Yeshiva •
Mnachem Risikoff (1866–1960), rabbi of
Kazan, Kabbalist, rabbi and
Av Beit Din of the Congregations of Brooklyn, author of numerous works on
Halakha,
Aggadah, Biblical commentaries,
Divrei Torah and
responsa •
Eliyahu Chaim Rosen (1899–1984), rabbi and leader of the Breslov Hasidim in Uman, Ukraine before World War II •
Moshe Rosenstain (1881–1940),
mashgiach ruchani of the
Lomza Yeshiva in Poland •
Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), Hasidic mystic and scholar, seventh
Rebbe of Lubavitch •
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860–1920), fifth
Rebbe of Lubavitch •
Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth
Rebbe of Lubavitch •
Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick (1882–1937), British rabbi •
Moshe Shatzkes (1881–1958), Av Beth Din of
Łomża, rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in America •
Simcha Sheps (1908–1998), rosh yeshiva of
Torah Vodaath •
Shimon Shkop (1860–1939), Rosh Yeshiva in Telz and Grodno in Europe and in
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in
New York •
Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz (1902–1979), faculty member and rosh yeshiva of the
Mirrer Yeshiva •
Berel Soloveitchik (1925–1981), rosh yeshiva of the
Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem, son of
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik •
Moshe Soloveichik (1879–1941), rosh yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, eldest son of
Chaim Soloveitchik, father of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik and
Ahron Soloveichik •
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886–1959), the “Brisker Rov,” rosh yeshiva of the Brisk Yeshiva in Jerusalem •
Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1848–1932), rabbi and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis community in Jerusalem during the
British Mandate of Palestine •
Elya Svei (1924–2009), rosh yeshiva of the
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia •
Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), (
Satmar Rebbe), Hasidic Hungarian-American
rebbe known for strong anti-Zionist positions •
Pinchas Mordechai Teitz (1908–1995), prominent Orthodox rabbi, educator and radio broadcaster in
Elizabeth, New Jersey •
Eliezer Waldenberg (1915–2006),
Posek and
Dayan in Jerusalem, a leading authority on medicine and Jewish law, author of the
Tzitz Eliezer, recipient of the
Israel Prize for Rabbinical studies •
Elchonon Wasserman (1874–1941) Prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Europe. One of the Chofetz Chaim's closest disciples and a Torah scholar. •
Chaim Michael Dov Weissmandl (1903–1957), (
Min HaMeitzar) European scholar involved in rescue efforts during the
Holocaust •
Gershon Yankelewitz (1909–2014), rosh yeshiva at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary for over 50 years, one of the last remaining original
Mirrer students, "Alter Mirrers"
Modern Orthodox •
Hermann Adler (1839–1911), Chief Rabbi of the
British Empire •
Michael Adler (1868–1944), English Orthodox rabbi, an
Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish
military chaplain to the
British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the
British Expeditionary Force on the
Western Front during the
First World War •
Samuel Belkin (1911–1976), second
President of
Yeshiva University, distinguished
Torah scholar and author •
Meir Berlin (1880–1949), (
Bar Ilan) religious
Zionist leader •
Eliezer Berkovits (1908–1992) Talmudic scholar and philosopher •
Herbert Bomzer (1927–2013),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University and community leader •
Israel Brodie (1895–1979), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth •
Eli Cashdan (1905–1998),
British Orthodox rabbi, chaplain in the
Royal Air Force during
World War II, a senior lecturer at
Jews' College and a prominent writer •
Francis Lyon Cohen (1862–1934),
English Orthodox rabbi, author and expert on Hebrew music, music editor of
The Jewish Encyclopedia, invented the concept of the
Jewish Lads' Brigade, the first Jewish chaplain in the
British Army, Chief Minister of the
Great Synagogue in
Sydney, Australia •
Isaac Cohen (1914–2007),
Talmudic scholar and Chief Rabbi of
Ireland for 20 years •
Joseph Ehrenkranz (1926–2014), North American
Orthodox rabbi involved in
interfaith dialogue, community leader •
Ephraim Epstein (1876–1960), congregational Orthodox rabbi and prominent member of the Jewish community in
Chicago,
Talmud scholar •
Isidore Epstein (1894–1962), Principal of
Jews' College in
London •
Yaakov Fishman (1913–1983), Chief Rabbi of
Moscow and the
Moscow Choral Synagogue •
Mavro Frankfurter (1875–1942),
Croatian rabbi of the
Vinkovci Synagogue who was murdered during the
Holocaust by the
Ustashas at the
Jasenovac concentration camp •
Harry Freedman (1901–1982),
author, translator and teacher at
Yeshiva University •
Miroslav Šalom Freiberger (1903–1943), Chief Rabbi of
Zagreb,
Croatia, rabbi of the
Zagreb Synagogue,
Zionist, translator, writer, spiritual leader, educated as a
lawyer and
Doctor of Theology, rescued many Jews out of
Croatia during the
Holocaust, murdered in
Auschwitz-Birkenau •
Israel Friedlander (1876–1920), educator, translator, biblical scholar, a founding adviser to a lecture series that became the
Young Israel movement of
Modern Orthodox Judaism •
Moses Gaster (1856–1939), a religious and secular scholar who was
Haham of the
Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Britain as well as president of
The Folklore Society, Vice-President of the
Royal Asiatic Society, and pioneering activist for
Zionism •
Hermann Gollancz (1852–1930), British rabbi and professor •
David Hartman (1931–2013), philosopher, author, and founder of
Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem •
Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946), Chief Rabbi of the British Empire •
Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman (1868–1953), British rabbi and dayan •
Jacob Hoffman (1881–1956), Chief Rabbi of
Radauti, rabbi of
Frankfurt am Main, helped found the
Manhattan Day School, Zionist activist involved in the
Mizrachi movement •
Moses Hyamson (1862–1949), head
Dayan of the
London Beth Din, Chief Rabbi of the
British Empire, Hebrew scholar, author, translator, leader and erudite speaker •
Hosea Jacobi (1841–1925), Chief Rabbi of
Zagreb,
Croatia and rabbi of the
Zagreb Synagogue for 58 years, founded and headed a Jewish
Elementary School, taught Hebrew and
Jewish studies in high-schools, established Jewish-Women organizations, active in social welfare projects, wrote the first ever Jewish studies text-books in
Croatian •
Immanuel Jakobovits (1921–1999), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, medical ethicist •
Leo Jung (1892–1987), one of the major architects of American
Orthodox Judaism, "Grandfather of
Modern Orthodoxy," teacher of
ethics and
homiletics at
Yeshiva University •
Joseph Kaminetsky (1911–1999), American
Modern Orthodox/
Yeshivish rabbi, pioneering first director of
Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools of
North America, directly responsible for the establishment of hundreds of
yeshiva day schools across the
United States •
Norman Lamm (1927–2020), scholar, academic administrator, author and Jewish community leader; President,
Rosh Yeshiva and
Chancellor of
Yeshiva University •
Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Rosh Kollel of
Yeshiva University's Gruss Kollel, son-in-law of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik, father of
Mosheh Lichtenstein •
Zvulun Lieberman (1930–2012),
Rosh Yeshiva at
RIETS, communal spiritual leader, head of the Syrian Community Bet Din and the Vaad Harabonim of Flatbush •
Joseph Lookstein (1902–1979), rabbi of
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, President of the
Rabbinical Council of America, of the
Synagogue Council of America, of the
New York Board of Rabbis of
Bar-Ilan University and founder of the
Ramaz School •
Mojsije Margel (1875–1939), rabbi of
Zagreb,
lexicographer, teacher and Hebrew scholar •
Moses Mescheloff (1909–2008), Modern Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi, Miami Beach and Chicago •
Chalom Messas (1913–2003), Chief Rabbi of
Morocco and
Jerusalem •
David Messas (1934–2011), Chief Rabbi of
Paris •
Solomon Mestel (1886–1966),
British-
Australian community rabbi, translator •
Jacob Itzhak Niemirower (1872–1939), first Chief Rabbi of
Romanian Jewry, member of the
Romanian Senate, supporter of
Zionism, fighter against
antisemitism, theologian, philosopher and historian •
Pinchas Hacohen Peli (1930–1989), Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi, essayist, poet and scholar of Judaism and
Jewish philosophy, Professor of Jewish Thought and Literature at the
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, a visiting professor at
Yeshiva University,
Cornell University,
University of Notre Dame, the
Seminario Rabbinico in Argentina and the
Makuya Bible Seminary in Japan •
Baruch Poupko (1917–2010), American multi-lingual scholar, author and lecturer, National Vice President of the
Rabbinical Council of America, National President of the
Religious Zionists of America, son of
Eliezer Poupko •
Emanuel Rackman (1910–2008), American Modern Orthodox rabbi, held pulpits in major congregations, helped draw attention to the plight of
Refuseniks in the then-
Soviet Union, attempted to resolve the dilemma of the
Agunah, President of
Bar-Ilan University •
Max D. Raiskin (1919–1978), rabbi, Professor of Hebrew Literature at
Brooklyn College and
Hunter College, licensed
Certified Public Accountant, educator, author of educational textbooks, principal and executive director of the
East Side Hebrew Institute •
Bernard Revel (1885–1940), Orthodox rabbi and scholar, founding
President and
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva College and
RIETS •
Kopul Rosen (1913–1962),
Anglo-Jewish rabbi and educationalist, rabbi of
Glasgow, Principal Rabbi of the
Federation of Synagogues in London •
Michael Rosen (1945–2008), British-born Israeli rabbi and founder of Yakar, a Jewish learning community and
synagogue, son of
Kopul Rosen •
Moses Rosen (1912–1994), Chief Rabbi of
Romanian Jewry, President of the Council of the
Jewish Diaspora Museum in
Tel Aviv •
Alexandru Șafran (1910–2006),
Romanian-
Swiss rabbi, theologian, philosopher, historian,
Kabbalist, Chief Rabbi of
Romania, intervened with authorities in the
fascist government of
Ion Antonescu in an unusually successful attempt to save
Jews during the
Holocaust •
Herschel Schacter (1917–2013), American Orthodox rabbi and Chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, chaplain in the
Third Army's
VIII Corps, the first US Army Chaplain to enter and participate in the liberation of the
Buchenwald concentration camp, rabbi of the
Mosholu Jewish Center in the
Bronx •
Melech Schachter (1913–2007),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva University for over 50 years, father of
Hershel Schachter •
Shlomo Shleifer (1889–1957), a government appointee, sustained the Choral Synagogue in
Moscow during the worst years of
Stalinist repression against Jews •
Simeon Singer (1846–1906), editor of the
United Synagogue prayer book •
Ahron Soloveichik (1917–2001), Talmudist and rosh yeshiva of
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary •
Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903–1993), distinguished
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and
Maimonides School, author,
posek, modern Jewish philosopher, a seminal figure in
Modern Orthodox Judaism •
Isadore Twersky (1930–1997), Orthodox rabbi,
Hasidic Rebbe, university professor at
Harvard University, internationally recognized authority on rabbinic literature and
Jewish philosophy •
Simon Ungar (1864–1942),
Doctor of
Oriental medicine, Chief
Rabbi of the
Osijek Jewish Community in
Croatia who was murdered in the
Holocaust •
Hinko Urbach (1872–1960), Chief Rabbi of
Zagreb,
Croatia,
World War I veteran and
Holocaust survivor •
Stanley M. Wagner (1932–2013), American rabbi, academic and community leader, Vice President of the
Religious Zionists of America, led the
Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph congregation, the only rabbi
chaplain of the
Colorado Senate, Professor of Jewish history at the
University of Denver •
Louis Werfel (1916–1943), a recipient of Semichah from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and a
Harvard University alumnus, a Modern Orthodox and
Religious Zionist rabbi, the only
Orthodox Rabbi killed in action during
World War II •
Ephraim Wolf (1921–2004), American Orthodox rabbi and spiritual leader, active in the founding and growth of many Jewish educational and communal institutions including the
North Shore Hebrew Academy •
Walter Wurzburger (1920–2002),
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at
Yeshiva University, headed both the
Rabbinical Council of America and the
Synagogue Council of America, author and communal rabbi in
Toronto,
Canada and
Lawrence,
New York Contemporary (ca. 21st century) Religious-Zionist •
Shlomo Amar (1948–), Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel •
Haim Amsalem (1959-), former member of
Knesset who focused on making conversion to Judaism easier •
Yaakov Ariel (1937–), Chief Rabbi of
Ramat Gan, former
rosh yeshiva of the
yeshiva in the abandoned Israeli settlement of
Yamit, rabbi of
Kfar Maimon •
Yisrael Ariel (1939–), founder of the
Temple Institute and one of the liberators of the
Western Wall in the
Six-Day War •
Shlomo Aviner (1943–), rosh yeshiva of the
Ateret Yerushalayim Yeshiva in
Jerusalem, rabbi of
Bet El •
David Bar-Hayim (1960–),
Av Beit Din,
dayan,
posek, founder of the
Shilo Institute •
Yoel Bin-Nun (1946–), one of the founders of
Yeshivat Har Etzion,
Gush Emunim,
Alon Shevut and
Ofra, doctor of
Jewish thought and a lecturer on
Tanach •
Uri Amos Cherki (1959–), chairman of Brit Olam –
Noahide World Center, a senior lecturer at
Machon Meir, congregational leader, author and philosopher •
Yuval Cherlow (1957–), Rosh Yeshiva and co-founder of
Orot Shaul and one of the founders of
Tzohar •
Zephaniah Drori (1937–), Chief Rabbi of
Kiryat Shmona, Israel and rosh yeshiva of the Kiryat Shmona
Hesder Yeshiva, helped establish
Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh •
Haim Drukman (1932–2022),
Israeli politician, rosh yeshiva of
Ohr Etzion Yeshiva, head of the Center for
Bnei Akiva Yeshivot •
Shmuel Eliyahu (1956–), Chief Rabbi of
Safed, member of the
Chief Rabbinate Council •
Binyamin Elon (1954–2017), Israeli politician who served as a member of the
Knesset for
Moledet and the
National Union •
Mordechai Elon (1959–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaKotel •
Baruch Gigi (1957-), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion, communal rabbi of the
Sephardi synagogue in
Alon Shvut •
Yehuda Gilad (1955–), Rosh Yeshivat
Maale Gilboa, rabbi of
Kibbutz Lavi •
Yitzchak Ginsburgh (1944–), American-born Israeli, currently president of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshivah in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank •
Yehudah Glick (1965–), American-born Israeli activist,
politician, leader of
HaLiba, a coalition of groups dedicated to reaching complete and comprehensive
freedom and civil rights for Jews on the Temple Mount •
Re’em HaCohen (1957–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Otniel and rabbi of the
Otniel settlement •
Yeshayahu Hadari (1933–2018), Israeli religious scholar, first rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat HaKotel •
David Bar Hayim (1960–), founder of Machon Shilo, proponent of Nusach Eretz Yisrael •
Daniel Hershkowitz (1953–), Israeli politician,
mathematician, professor, rabbi of the
Ahuza neighborhood in
Haifa, President of
Bar-Ilan University •
Hillel Horowitz (1964–), Israeli politician •
Nachman Kahana (1937–), author and brother of
Meir Kahane •
Binyamin Lau (1961–), head of
929: Tanach B'yachad, rabbi of Kehillat Ramban in Jerusalem •
Israel Meir Lau (1937–), former
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of
Tel Aviv •
Yitzhak Levy (1947–),
Mashgiach at
Yeshivat Har Etzion, politician, among the initiators of the establishment of the
Jewish quarter in Jerusalem, co-founder of
Elon Moreh •
Mosheh Lichtenstein (1961-), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion, son of
Aharon Lichtenstein and grandson of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik •
Dov Lior (1933–), Chief Rabbi of
Kiryat Arba and
Hebron •
Yaakov Medan (1950-), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Etzion, partner in drafting the
Gavison-Medan Covenant •
Eliezer Melamed (1961–), rosh yeshiva of
Yeshivat Har Bracha, rabbi of the community
Har Bracha, and author
Peninei Halakha, son of
Zalman Baruch Melamed •
Zalman Baruch Melamed (1937–), rabbi of
Beit El, father of
Eliezer Melamed •
Michael Melchior (1954–), activist and Israeli politician, community rabbi in
Talpiyot, Jerusalem, Chief Rabbi of
Norway •
Chaim Navon (1973 - ) •
Yakov Nagen (1967–), Israeli author, rabbi at Yeshivat Otniel, leader in interfaith peace initiatives between Judaism and Islam •
Avigdor Nebenzahl (1935–), Chief Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem, senior rosh yeshiva at
Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh, rabbi of the
Ramban Synagogue •
Rafi Peretz (1956–), Israeli politician, former
Chief Military Rabbi of the
Israel Defense Forces •
Shai Piron (1965–), Israeli educator and politician •
Hanan Porat (1943–2011), Israeli educator, political activist and politician, one of the liberators of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, co-founder of
Yeshivat Har Etzion,
Gush Emunim,
Kfar Etzion,
Alon Shevut,
Elon Moreh and
Ofra •
Meir Porush (1955-), Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael, son of Menachem Porush •
Nachum Eliezer Rabinovitch (1928–2020), Canadian-Israeli
posek, rosh yeshiva of the
London School of Jewish Studies and the
Hesder Yeshiva Birkat Moshe in
Ma'ale Adumim •
Yosef Zvi Rimon (1968–) Rabbi of the
Gush Etzion Regional Council, Rosh Kollel at
Yeshivat Har Etzion •
Haim Sabato (1952–), author, co-founder and rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe (Ma’aleh Adumim) •
David Samson (1956–), Israeli
Torah scholar, educational entrepreneur, author, congregational rabbi •
Sharon Shalom (1973–),
Ethiopian-
Israeli community rabbi, lecturer and writer •
Yaakov Shapira (1950–), rosh yeshiva of
Mercaz HaRav, member of the
Chief Rabbinate Council •
Yitzchak Sheilat (1946–), Israeli scholar of
Jewish thought, co-founder of
Yeshivat Birkat Moshe •
David Stav (1960–), educator, Chief Rabbi of the city of
Shoham, chairman of the
Tzohar organization, co-founder of
Yeshivat Hesder Petah Tikva •
Adin Steinsaltz (1937–2020), Israeli
Chabad Chasidic teacher, philosopher,
Kabbalist, social critic, translator, author of
Steinsaltz edition of the Talmud, recipient of the
Israel Prize for Jewish Studies •
Aryeh Stern (1944–), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and student of
Zvi Yehuda Kook •
Zvi Thau (1938–), co-founder and president of Yeshivat
Har Hamor in Jerusalem •
Ron Yosef (1974–), founder of the Israeli organization
Hod, which represents Israeli
gay and
lesbian Orthodox Jews
Haredi ,
Grand Rabbi of
Skver of Karlsburg •
Elazar Abuhatzeira (1948–2011), Orthodox Sefardi rabbi and kabbalist, known to followers as the "Baba Elazar •
Asher Arieli (1957–), senior lecturer at
Yeshivas Mir in
Israel, son-in-law of
Nachum Partzovitz •
Yaakov Aryeh Alter (1939–), eighth and current rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of
Ger •
Shalom Arush (1952–), Israeli
Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions •
Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi (1943–2015), Orthodox rabbi and a member of the Chabad Hasidic movement •
Moshe Ber Beck (1934–2021), Orthodox rabbi and a chief rabbi of the
Neturei Karta movement in the US. •
Yisroel Belsky (1938–2016), American Dean, Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Senior Rabbi of the Orthodox Union •
Eliezer Berland (1937–), Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Shuvu Bonim affiliated with the Breslov Hasidic movement. •
Yaakov Blau (1929–2013), rabbi and
dayan on the
Badatz of the
Edah HaChareidis •
Avrohom Blumenkrantz (1944–2007), American posek and
kashrut authority •
Shmuley Boteach (1966–), American
Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and author •
Meir Brandsdorfer (1934–2009), member of the
Badatz (rabbinical court) of the
Edah HaChareidis •
Nachum Dov Brayer (1959–), present Rebbe of the
Boyan •
Avraham Bromberg, American Rosh Yeshiva and posek •
Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Chief Rabbi of Iran and spiritual leader for the Jewish community of Iran •
Uriel Davidi (1922–2006), Chief Rabbi of Iran from 1980 to 1994 •
Michel Dorfman (1913–2006), de facto head of the Breslover Hasidim living in post-Stalinist Russia •
Alfredo Goldschmidt (rabbi) (1945-) Great rabbi of
Colombia and the Colegio Colombo Hebreo •
Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, Rebbe of the
Dushinsky of Jerusalem •
Shlomo Elyashiv (1841–1926),
Lithuanian talmudist and
Kabbalist known as the
Leshem or ''Ba'al HaLeshem'', teacher of
Abraham Isaac Kook, grandfather of
Yosef Sholom Eliashiv •
Yosef Sholom Eliashiv (1910–2012), Israeli rabbi and a rabbinical leader of the
haredi world •
Aharon Feldman (1932–), American Rosh Yeshiva •
Gerrer Rebbes, Polish Hasidic dynasty now in Israel, followers also in the United States and UK •
Shlomo Goldman (1947–2017), Sanz-Klausenburger Grand Rabbi •
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam, Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Borough Park •
Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (1952–), Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe of Netanya, Israel •
Elchanan Heilprin (1921–2015), known as Av Beit Din of Radomishl •
Moshe Hirsch (1923 or 1924–2010), Leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group in Jerusalem •
Chaim Avrohom Horowitz (1933–2016), Grand Rabbi of the
Boston Jewish Hasidic dynasty •
Mayer Alter Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe of Jerusalem •
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz, Bostoner Rebbe •
Yitzchak Kadouri (1898–2006), leading 20th-century Kabbalist (Mekubal) •
Shmuel Kamenetsky (1924–), co-founder and
rosh yeshiva (dean) of the
Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia •
Chaim Kanievsky (1928–2022), Israeli rabbi and posek, lived in Bnei Brak, Israel •
Nissim Karelitz (1926–2019), Israeli haredi leader •
Meir Kessler (1961–), rabbi of Modi'in Illit •
Yitzhak Aharon Korff, Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh, Boston and Jerusalem, and Rabbi, Jerusalem Great Synagogue. •
Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014), Israeli author of
Ohr Hachamah •
Dov Landau, Israeli
rosh yeshiva •
Berel Lazar (1964–), Italian Chief Rabbi of Russia •
Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Rebbe of
Nikolsburg •
Yitzchok Lichtenstein (1962–), Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, son of
Aharon Lichtenstein, grandson of
Joseph B. Soloveichik •
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (1955–), current leader of the Bobov •
Meshulim Feish Lowy (1921–2015), Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynasty •
Uri Mayerfeld, rosh yeshiva in Canada •
Moshe Meiselman (1942–), founder of
Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA), founder and
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva Toras Moshe, grandson of
Moshe Soloveichik •
Yona Metzger (1953–), Israeli former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel •
Avigdor Miller (1908–2001), American author and renowned lecturer •
Shlomo Miller, head of the Toronto Kollel and recognized authority of Jewish law •
Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, Rebbe of
Ropshitz •
Yaakov Perlow, American Hasidic rebbe of
Novominsk and rosh yeshiva living in Borough Park, Brooklyn •
Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (1973–), Israeli Orthodox rabbi who leads a global organization called Mosdot Shuva Israel. Based in Ashdod and New York •
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, Rebbe of
Skulen •
Dovid Povarsky (1902–1999),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ponevezh Yeshiva •
Moshe Leib Rabinovich (1940–), current rebbe of
Munkacs •
Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka (1949–),
Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei Brak •
Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1948–), Belzer Rebbe •
Elyakim Rosenblatt (1933-2019), American
rosh yeshiva of
Yeshiva Kesser Torah in
Queens, NY •
Yechezkel Roth, Karlsburger Rav •
Shmuel Rozovsky (1913–1979),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ponevezh Yeshiva •
Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg (1910–2012), dean of Torah Ohr Yeshiva, Jerusalem •
Yitzchok Scheiner (1922–2021), Israeli
rosh yeshiva •
Eliezer Shlomo Schick (1940–2015), Hasidic rabbi and prolific author and publisher of Breslov teachings •
Elyakim Schlesinger (1921–2026), English rabbi •
Elazar Menachem Shach (1899–2001),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ponevezh Yeshiva in
Bnei Brak, founder of
Degel HaTorah •
Moshe Shmuel Shapiro (1917–2006),
Rosh Yeshiva and important [rabbinic figure in
Israel •
Dovid Shmidel (1934–), Chairman of Asra Kadisha •
Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman (1912–2017), rabbi and posek (halakhic authority) •
Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik (1946–),
Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk, one of the
Brisk yeshivas in
Jerusalem, son of
Berel Soloveitchik •
Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (1921–2021),
Rosh Yeshiva of one of the branches of the
Brisk yeshivas in
Jerusalem, son of
Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik •
Aaron Teitelbaum (1947–), Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the Ruv of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York •
Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), Satmar Rebbe •
Zalman Teitelbaum (1951–), Grand Rebbe of Satmar, and the third son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum •
David Twersky (1940–), Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York •
Mordechai Dovid Unger (1954–), currently Bobover Rebbe •
Vizhnitzer Rebbes, (
Vizhnitzer), Romanian dynasty of Hasidic
rebbes in Israel and the United States •
Osher Weiss (1953-), Possek and An Av Beis Din •
Shmuel Wosner (1913–2015), Haredi rabbi and posek •
Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi •
Amnon Yitzhak (1953–), Yemenite "ba'al teshuva Rabbi" in Israel •
Ovadia Yosef (1920–2013), Iraqi-Israeli former Israel Sephardic Chief Rabbi, legal scholar, "de facto" leader of Sephardic Jewry •
Amram Zaks (1926–2012),
rosh yeshiva of the Slabodka yeshiva of Bnei Brak •
Jonathan Markovitch (1967–), Chief Rabbi of
Kyiv Modern Orthodox •
Tzvi Hersh Weinreb (1940–), rabbi, psychotherapist, Executive Vice President Emeritus of the
Orthodox Union, Editor-in-Chief of the
Koren Talmud Bavli •
Marc D. Angel (1945–),
Modern Orthodox rabbi and
author, rabbi
emeritus of
Congregation Shearith Israel, the
Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in
New York City •
Raymond Apple (1935–2024), Australian Jewish spokesman, writer and lecturer on Jewish, interfaith and freemasonic issues •
Assaf Bednarsh (1971–),
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary,
Rosh Kollel for the Gruss Kollel in
Jerusalem •
Harvey Belovski (1968–), British
Orthodox rabbi, educator and organisational advisor, rabbi of
Golders Green United Synagogue •
Eliyahu Ben Chaim (1940–), Chief Rabbi of Sha'are Shalom (
United Mashadi Community of America) in
Great Neck,
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University, Av Beit Din of Badatz Mekor Haim, prominent leader of New York's
Sephardi community •
Ari Berman (1970–), Fifth President of
Yeshiva University •
Joshua Berman (1964–), Orthodox Rabbi and
Professor of
Bible at
Bar-Ilan University •
Saul Berman (1939–), communal rabbi, Chairman of the Department of Judaic Studies of
Stern College for Women of
Yeshiva University, Director of
Edah, Professor at
Yeshiva University and
Columbia University •
Ezra Bick (1946–), author, Ram at
Yeshivat Har Etzion, scion of the
Rapoport-Bick rabbinic dynasty •
David Bigman (1954–),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa, helped found the
Ein Hanatziv Midrasha for girls, previous
Rosh Yeshiva of the
Ein Tzurim Yeshiva •
Yosef Blau –
Mashgiach ruchani at
RIETS for over 40 years, president of the
Religious Zionists of America •
Benjamin Blech (1933-), American modern Orthodox thinker, Professor of Talmud and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University, author and speaker •
J. David Bleich (1936–),
Posek and
ethicist, including
Jewish medical ethics,
Rosh yeshiva and professor at
RIETS and
Yeshiva University •
Kenneth Brander (1962–), American rabbi, president and
Rosh Yeshiva of
the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions •
Reuven Pinchas Bulka (1944–2021), Canadian rabbi, writer, broadcaster and activist, spiritual leader of Congregation
Machzikei Hadas in
Ottawa, co-president of the
Canadian Jewish Congress •
Shalom Carmy (1949–), American
Modern Orthodox rabbi,
Professor at
Yeshiva University,
writer and
editor •
Kotel Dadon (1967–),
Israeli Orthodox rabbi, Chief Rabbi of
Croatia, •
Ahron Daum (1951–2018), Israeli-born
Modern-Orthodox rabbi, educator, author and Chief Rabbi of
Frankfurt am Main •
Chuck Davidson (1961-), founder of organizations
Giyur Kehalacha and
Ahavat Hager which aims to undermine the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and their monopoly with conversions and marriages •
Mark Dratch (1958–), Instructor of Jewish Studies at
Yeshiva University and founder of
JSafe •
Seth Farber (1967–), American-Israeli
Modern Orthodox rabbi,
historian,
author, and founder and director of the Jewish life advocacy organization,
ITIM •
Barry Freundel (1951-), former rabbi of
Kesher Israel Congregation in
Washington, D.C., convicted of
voyeurism •
Manis Friedman (1946-), a biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker •
Aryeh Frimer (1946–), American-
Israeli Active Oxygen
Chemist, teacher at
Bar Ilan University, specialist on
Women and Jewish law •
Menachem Genack (1949-),
CEO of the
Orthodox Union Kosher Division,
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University, founding chairman of
NORPAC •
Meir Goldwicht —
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University •
Moshe Gottesman (1932-2018), rabbi, educator and community leader •
Irving Greenberg (1933–), American rabbi and writer on the relationship between
Christianity and Judaism •
Steven Greenberg (1956–), first openly homosexual
Orthodox rabbi •
David Bar Hayim (1960-), founder of
Machon Shilo, proponent of
Nusach Eretz Yisrael •
Nathaniel Helfgot (1963–), President of the
International Rabbinic Fellowship •
Yehuda Henkin (1945-2020), author of the
responsa Benei Vanim,
modern orthodox posek •
Shmuel Herzfeld (1974–), Senior rabbi of
Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue in
Washington, D.C., Vice President of the
AMCHA Initiative, teacher, lecturer, activist, author •
David Hirsch (1968–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University for over 20 years •
Howard Jachter – American
Orthodox rabbi,
Dayan, educator, author and communal leader, expert on the laws of
Jewish divorce •
Ephraim Kanarfogel (1955–), rabbi and
Torah scholar,
professor and dean at
Yeshiva University, one of the foremost experts in the fields of medieval
Jewish history and rabbinic literature •
Moshe Kletenik (1954–), congregational rabbi,
Av Beit Din and
Mesader Gittin, President of the
Rabbinical Council of America •
Eugene Korn (1947–), Academic Director of the
Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem, Director of Interfaith Affairs for the
Anti-Defamation League, writer •
Joel Landau, New York rabbi associated with
Yad Ezra V’Shulamit •
Baruch Lanner (1949–), American former
Orthodox rabbi who was convicted of
child sexual abuse •
Haskel Lookstein (1932–), American
Modern Orthodox rabbi, rabbi
emeritus of
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the
Upper East Side of
Manhattan, principal of the
Ramaz School, son of
Joseph Lookstein •
Ephraim Mirvis (1956–), Chief Rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth •
Leonard Matanky (1958–),
Modern Orthodox rabbi, co-president of the
Religious Zionists of America, pulpit rabbi, Dean of
Ida Crown Jewish Academy, past president of the
Rabbinical Council of America •
Yaakov Neuburger (1955–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University •
Sacha Pecaric (1965–),
Yugoslavian/
Croatian-
Italian-American rabbi, author of the first translation of the
Torah from
Hebrew to
Polish to be done by a Jew since the
Second World War •
Menachem Penner (1971–),
Dean of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, Rabbi
Emeritus of the
Young Israel of
Holliswood •
Dale Polakoff (1957–), American rabbi, teacher and spiritual leader, Senior rabbi of the Great Neck Synagogue for over 30 years, past President of the
Rabbinical Council of America •
Yona Reiss (1966–), American rabbi, noted Torah scholar, attorney, lecturer and jurist, current Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council •
Hershel Reichman (1944–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University •
Shlomo Riskin (1940-), founding Chief Rabbi of
Efrat, founding rabbi of
Lincoln Square Synagogue on the
Upper West Side of
New York City, dean of
Manhattan Day School, founder and Chancellor of the
Ohr Torah Stone Institutions •
David Rosen (1951–),
South African-
British-
Israeli rabbi, Chief Rabbi of
Ireland,
American Jewish Committee's International Director of Interreligious Affairs, son of
Kopul Rosen •
Jeremy Rosen (1942–), Orthodox Rabbi,
author and lecturer, son of
Kopul Rosen •
Jonathan Rosenblatt (1956–), American
Modern Orthodox rabbi, teacher, lecturer, and counselor •
Itamar Rosensweig (1989–),
Maggid Shiur at
Yeshiva University,
dayan (rabbinic judge) at the
Beth Din of America, resident scholar at
Congregation Ahavath Torah, son of rabbi
Michael Rosensweig •
Michael Rosensweig (1956–),
Rosh Yeshiva at the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of
Yeshiva University and the
Rosh Kollel of the Beren Kollel Elyon •
Jonathan Sacks (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, philosopher, theologian, author, peer and public figure, great-grandson of
Aryeh Leib Frumkin •
Yonason Sacks –
Rosh Yeshiva of
Lander College for Men, spiritual leader of the Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov •
Yehuda Sarna (1977–), Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of the
United Arab Emirates •
Hershel Schachter (1941–),
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva University,
posek, son of
Melech Schachter •
Jacob J. Schacter (1950–), American
Orthodox rabbi, historian, University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the
Center for the Jewish Future at
Yeshiva University, son of
Herschel Schacter •
Hanan Schlesinger – American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, co-founder of
Roots, a joint Palestinian-Israeli grassroots peacemaking initiative •
Arthur Schneier (1930-), prominent rabbi in the secular world and rabbi at
Park East Synagogue, which hosted
Pope Benedict •
Elliot Schrier (1989–), community leader and teacher, current ''
Mara d'asra'' of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in
Teaneck,
New Jersey •
Gedalia Dov Schwartz (1925–2020), Orthodox rabbi, scholar and
posek, the
av beis din of both the
Beth Din of America and the
Chicago Rabbinical Council (cRc),
rosh beth din of the National Beth Din of the
Rabbinical Council of America, President of the
Mizrachi of
Rhode Island and the
RCA Philadelphia Region •
Adolf Shayevich (1937–), rabbi of the
Moscow Choral Synagogue, Chief Rabbi of
Russia •
Eli Baruch Shulman (1959–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University, Rabbi Henry H. Guterman chair in Talmud, author and editor •
Zvi Sobolofsky – Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University and rabbi of Ohr Hatorah in
Bergenfield,
New Jersey •
Haym Soloveitchik (1937–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
RIETS,
professor at
Hebrew University and
Yeshiva University, leading contemporary
historian of
Jewish law •
Meir Soloveichik (1977–), American Orthodox rabbi and writer, rabbi of
Congregation Shearith Israel in
New York City, grandson of
Ahron Soloveichik •
Shubert Spero (1923–),
Irving Stone Professor of Jewish Thought at
Bar Ilan University, Rabbi Emeritus of
Young Israel of
Cleveland, Ohio, author on the subjects of
halakha, ethics, the Holocaust,
Jewish philosophy and the thought of
Joseph B. Soloveitchik •
Ben-Tzion Spitz (1969–), Chief Rabbi of
Uruguay,
writer and
Nuclear Engineer •
Daniel Stein, (1976–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University, rabbi of Congregation Ahavath Chesed on the
Upper West Side of
Manhattan, founding rabbi of Kehillas Beis Sholom in
Clifton, New Jersey •
Moshe David Tendler (1926-2021),
Rosh Yeshiva at
RIETS,
professor of
biology at
Yeshiva University, expert in medical ethics, son-in-law of
Moshe Feinstein •
Kalman Topp (1972–), American rabbi, educator, author, Senior Rabbi of the
Beth Jacob Congregation of
Beverly Hills, California •
Mayer Twersky (1960–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University, Grand Rabbi of the
Talne Chasidim, grandson of rabbi
Joseph B. Soloveitchik •
Berel Wein (1934–2025), American-born
Orthodox rabbi, lecturer and writer,
Rosh Yeshiva of
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, senior faculty member of
Yeshiva Ohr Somayach •
Moshe Weinberger (1957–), founding spiritual leader of
Congregation Aish Kodesh,
Mashpia/
mashgiach ruchani at
RIETS, the "senior spokesman" of the
Neo-Hasidic movement in
Modern Orthodoxy •
Jeremy Wieder (1971–),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University, one of the first Americans to win the
International Bible Contest (Chidon Hatanach) •
Mordechai Willig (1947-),
Rosh Yeshiva at
Yeshiva University, prominent posek for the Modern Orthodox community. •
Pesach Wolicki (1970–),
educator,
writer,
columnist,
lecturer,
public speaker and pro-Israel activist,
Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah, Associate Director of the
Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) •
Benjamin Yudin (1944-), rabbi of Shomrei Torah in
Fair Lawn,
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