Yaakov Feitman Explained

Yaakov Feitman is a rabbi, speaker and author[1] who helped build and expand congregations in more than one geographic region and was the founding principal[2] of three schools.[3]

Feitman was born in 1948 in a Displaced Persons camp to Holocaust survivors.[4]

Professional

He received rabbinical ordination from rabbis Moshe Feinstein and Yitzchak Hutner.[5]

Feitman is a past president of the Young Israel Council of Rabbis, has been a Scholar-in-Residence [6] all over the world and spoken at OU, Torah Umesorah and Agudah conventions.[7]

Congregation Builder

Presently the rabbi of the "Red Shul", Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi in Cedarhurst, New York, he has held pulpits in Cleveland, Ohio and Teaneck, NJ.

Cleveland, Ohio

In 1983, moved from Brooklyn to become the rabbi of Young Israel of Cleveland,[8] which at the time [4] had congregations in Cleveland Heights and South Euclid. Feitman divided his time between and duties between the two locations and helped guide these congregants, over a period of years,through this transition. Later he helped with another transition in what became the Young Israel of Beachwood, located in a Cleveland-suburb.[9]

Those years involved not only religious matters but dealing with extensive problems regardingland use anddiscrimination [10] .[11]

Authorship

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1970-01-01 . What is Passover? . 2024-07-05 . Jewish Holidays . en-US.
  2. Web site: Schick . Joe . 2005-05-04 . Marvin Schick: RJJ Newsletter - May 2005 . 2024-07-05 . Marvin Schick.
  3. Web site: Yom Tov Atmosphere . 2009-07-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090531123011/http://www.smilowgreenwald.com/yom-tov . 2009-05-31 .
  4. book Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle For The Soul Of American Jewry by Samuel G. Freedman,
  5. Web site: Smilow Family Presents Pesach 2008, Cancun, Mexico . 2009-07-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090605235319/http://www.koshertravelinfo.com/passover_2008/smilow_family.html . 2009-06-05 .
  6. and in Yarchei Kallah programs
  7. Web site: Orthodox Union Biennial National Convention to Chart New Course - OU.ORG . 2009-07-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090616122806/http://www.ou.org/conferences/convention/2001/speakers.htm . 2009-06-16 .
  8. News: . Jews Debate Appropriateness Of Updating Seders . Ari L. Goldman . April 16, 1984.
  9. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/010198/weintrob.html An article
  10. court case 2006-Ohio-4379; earlier the local ADL and Zoning.
  11. and dealing with opposition from fellow Jews: "If you want to move in, move in... But when you bring all the baggage with you -- two synagogues, the mikvah, the school, the whole shtick -- you're taking over." https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/13/magazine/the-jewish-tipping-point.html&pagewanted=print
  12. [Halakha#Sources and process]
  13. Web site: 2010-11-24 . A Life of Majesty and Mystery: An Appreciation of Rav Yitzchok Hutner - Mishpacha Magazine . 2023-07-18 . en-US.
  14. Web site: feitman - Mishpacha Magazine . 2024-07-05 . en-US.
  15. Web site: Rav Yaakov Feitman, Author at Yated.com . 2024-07-05 . Yated.com . en-US.
  16. Web site: Blueprints ISBN.
  17. Web site: Days of Reflection, Days of Joy ISBN.

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