Yaakov Perlow

Rabbi Yaakov Perlow is a Hasidic rebbe living in Boro Park, Brooklyn . He is the current Novominsker Rebbe and serves as rosh ("head") of the American Agudath Israel of America , a Haredi communal organization. He is also the head of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah ("Council of Torah Sages") of Agudath Israel of America. He succeeded his father, Rabbi Nochum Mordechai Perlow , as Novominsker Rebbe. He had two brothers, Baruch Dovid and Yisroel. He has many relatives around the United States and Israel. One known relative is Jake Perlow, of Manchester, New Hampshire. He serves as figure-head of Yeshivas Novominsk in New York . Rabbi Perlow is a disciple of Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner and also obtained a degree at Brooklyn College New York while attending the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin and then the Kollel Gur Aryeh . He subsequently taught Talmud at Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois . From there he was appointed rosh yeshiva at the Khal Adath Jeshurun community's Breuers yeshiva in Washington Heights, Manhattan and established a synagogue continuing the Novominsk Hasidic movement. He eventually resigned his position at the Breuers yeshiva to establish and devote himself to his own yeshiva in Boro Park, Brooklyn. v t e v t e v t e

American rabbi Yaakov Perlow ( ‎; November 16, 1930 – April 7, 2020) was an American Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva , and Rebbe of the Novominsk Hasidic dynasty . From 1998 until his death, he was president of Agudath Israel of America , a Haredi advocacy organization. He was also head of that organization's Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages). He was one of the most respected leaders of the American Orthodox Jewish community, known for his scholarly and oratorical skills.

American rabbi (1930–2020) Yaakov Perlow ( ‎; November 16, 1930 – April 7, 2020) was an American Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva , and Rebbe of the Novominsk Hasidic dynasty . From 1998 until his death in 2020, he was president of Agudath Israel of America , a Haredi advocacy organization. He was also head of that organization's Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages). He was one of the most respected leaders of the American Orthodox Jewish community, known for his scholarly and oratorical skills.

American rabbi (1930–2020) Yaakov Perlow ( Yiddish : יעקבֿ פּערלאָוו Hebrew : יעקב פרלוב ‎; November 16, 1930 – April 7, 2020) was an American Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva , and Rebbe of the Novominsk Hasidic dynasty . From 1998 until his death in 2020, he was president of Agudath Israel of America , a Haredi advocacy organization. He was also head of that organization's Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages). He was one of the most respected leaders of the American Orthodox Jewish community, known for his scholarly and oratorical skills.