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 ⓘ