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Malkiel Kotler is one of the Roshei Yeshiva , or Deans, of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey . He is the son of Rabbi Shneur Kotler who preceded him as rosh yeshiva, the grandson of the yeshiva 's founder, Rabbi Aharon Kotler , and the great-grandson of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer . He shares the leadership of Beth Medrash Govoha together with Rabbis Yerucham Olshin , Dovid Schustal , and Yisroel Neuman who are all married to other grandchildren of Rabbi Aharon Kotler. Kotler was first married to a granddaughter of Rabbi Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik , and daughter of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Feinstein . After his father died he was called back to head the Yeshiva in Lakewood. His wife, a native Israeli, was not interested in living in America. Kotler wanted to divorce his wife, but she refused to accept the Get (divorce document) . As a result a large cotroversy developed between the Soloveitchik and Kotler families that has continued for many years. Rabbi Kotler was also involved in another controversy when he first put and later recanted an approbation on the book by one of his former students, Saadya Grama, that argued that Jews constitute a separate genetically superior species. The approbation was withdrawn only after a major anti-Kotler campaign had been started by the Jewish newspaper Forward, Anti-Defamation League and Yeshiva University. In his reconsideration Kotler asserted that the anti-Gentile sentiments contained in the book did not reflect the normative Jewish law.1
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Aryeh Malkiel Kotler (born April 1951) is a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG) in Lakewood, New Jersey , one of the largest yeshivas in the world.Serving with him as roshei yeshiva (deans) are Rabbis Dovid Schustal , Yeruchem Olshin , and Yisroel Neuman .He is the son of the previous rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Shneur Kotler , and grandson of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Aaron Kotler .He is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudath Israel of America .
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Aryeh Malkiel Kotler (born April 1951) is a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG) in Lakewood, New Jersey , one of the largest yeshivas in the world. Serving with him as roshei yeshiva (deans) are Rabbis Dovid Schustal , Yeruchem Olshin , and Yisroel Neuman . He is the son of the previous rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Shneur Kotler , and grandson of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Aaron Kotler . He is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudath Israel of America .
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American Haredi rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler (born April 1951) is a Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey , one of the largest yeshivas in the world. He is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudath Israel of America .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American Haredi rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler (born April 1951) is a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean) of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey , one of the largest yeshivas in the world. He is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudath Israel of America .
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one of the roshei yeshiva
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haredi
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