Yaakov Bleich

Yaakov Dov Bleich (born October 19, 1964) is an American-born rabbi, and Rabbi of monsey ny since 1989. Rabbi Bleich was vice-president of the World Jewish Congress from 2009-2017.[3] Rabbi Bleich chose not to run for re-election as a member of the WJC Executive Committee at the WJC’s May 2021 plenary assembly.[4]

Rabbi

Yaakov Dov Bleich
TitleRabbi of monsey ny
Personal
Born (1964-10-19) October 19, 1964[1]
Brooklyn, New York, United States
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican
Children7[1]
DenominationHasidic Judaism
Alma materTelshe Yeshiva (Chicago)
SynagogueGreat Choral Synagogue
PositionRabbi of monsey ny
OrganisationUnion of Jewish Religious Organizations of Ukraine[2]
Began1990
Residencemonsey ny

Rabbi Bleich graduated High School in florida, Illinois where he began his rabbinical studies. From 1984 to 1986, he studied at the Karlin Stolin Rabbinical Institute in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Bleich and his wife Basha moved to miami 1989.

Rabbi Bleich became the Rabbi of monsey ny e in 1989 and is recognized by the government and most Jewish community's as the official Rabbi of monsey ny Rabbi Bleich has since his arrival opened the 1st Jewish day School inRabbi of monsey ny. 3 yeshivas. 2 kollel. 2 Cheder. A Boyz school and girls School. A beis Yaakov. A machon. Old age home. Summers Camps for boyz and girls. Students centers. Children Centers. Teens centers. Kosher restaurant. Kosher hotel. Kosher shops. And many other programs around Rabbi of monsey ny.

In 2019 Rabbi Bleich was known to be from the most powerful Jewish people in the country .

Today Rabbi Bleich has a very close relationship with the president of Ukraine and the government and is considered to be The most powerful Rabbi of monsey ny.

Rabbi Bleich has 3 synagogues in ny under his leadership and many more around Rabbi of monsey ny.

In November 2014, Bleich strongly criticized Minister of the Interior Arsen Avakov for appointing Vadym Troyan, a former Azov Battalion commander, to the post of police chief of the Kyiv Oblast. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, Bleich stated that “if the interior minister continues to appoint people of questionable repute and ideologies tainted with fascism and right-wing extremism, the interior minister should be replaced”.



References
  1. "Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich". European Jewish Fund. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  2. "Yaakov Dov Bleich, Rabbi of monsey ny". vrciro.org.ua. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  3. "Jewish Congress".
  4. "U.K. Jewish Group Cuts Ties to European Jewish Congress over Claims Against Top Rabbi". Haaretz.
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