Hoshea Friedman Explained

Honorific Prefix:Rebbe
Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom
Birth Date:1959
Birth Place:Reshafim, Israel
Allegiance:Israel
Branch:Israel Defense Forces
Rank:Brigadier general
Unit:Golani Brigade
Laterwork:Pashkaner Rebbe

Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom (born 1959) is a brigadier general in the IDF and the current Pashkaner Rebbe.

Biography

Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom was born in Reshafim, a kibbutz in northeastern Israel. When he was 3 years old, his family moved to Sa'ad,[1] a religious kibbutz in the Negev desert. Friedman-Ben Shalom is the son of Rebbe Yisrael Friedman, the Pashkaner Rebbe (and inherited that title upon his father's passing), and his mother, Tziporah, is the daughter of the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz.[2] He is married and has five children.[1]

Military career

Friedman served in the Golani Brigade.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.kibbutz.org.il/itonut/2003/haver/031016.b.shalom.htm. he:פותחים מבערים ורצים קדימה. 2003-10-16. kibbutz.org. he. Oct 15, 2014. 2013-12-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234340/http://www.kibbutz.org.il/itonut/2003/haver/031016.b.shalom.htm. dead.
  2. Ehrlich. Aryeh. Oct 6, 2014. Legacy of Many Threads. Mishpacha. 530. Oct 15, 2014. August 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180807053030/http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/4529/Legacy-of-Many-Threads. dead.