Yaakov Bleich

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Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich (born 1964) is an American-born rabbi and member of the Karlin-Stoliner Chassidic group. He has been widely recognized as chief rabbi of both Kiev and Ukraine since 1992. [1]

He is currently one of three contenders for the role after Chabad Lubavitch appointed two competing Rabbis as Chief Rabbis, Azriel Haikin in 2002 and then Moshe Reuven Azman in 2005.[2]

Bleich, the pioneer of a Jewish revival in post-Communist Ukraine, has shown no intention of giving up the post.

In 2008 the Kiev weekly magazine Focus cited Bleich among the most "powerful foreigners" in the country[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ biography - Rabbi Yakov Bleich
  2. ^ Ukrainian community split over chief rabbi, Vladimir Matveyev, Phoenix Jewish News, October 25, 2005
  3. ^ Breaking News - JTA, Jewish & Israel News
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