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Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | |
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Title | Rosh yeshiva |
Personal | |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Esther Reisman [1] |
Parent(s) | Avraham and Marylin Reisman [2] |
Alma mater | Yeshiva Torah Vodaas [1] |
Position | Rabbi |
Synagogue | Agudath Yisroel of Madison |
Yeshiva | Yeshiva Torah Vodaas |
Organization | Agudas Yisroel |
Other | Talmudic scholar |
Residence | Brooklyn |
Semikhah | Avraham Yaakov Pam |
Yisroel Reisman ( Hebrew: ישראל הלוי רייזמן) is an American rabbi and posek [3] (scholar of Jewish law) of Orthodox and Haredi Judaism who resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Reisman is one of the roshei yeshiva (deans) at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, [4] [5] [6] [7] where he received semikhah (rabbinical ordination). He is the rabbi of the summer camp network run by Agudath Israel of America. [8] [9] [1] Reisman is the author of several books on halakha (Jewish law) and Tanach (the Jewish bible).
In 2018, when the New York State Education Department issued a directive to all yeshivas operating in New York to come into compliance with statewide educational standards, Reisman co-authored an op-ed with Elya Brudny in the Wall Street Journal voicing their opposition to the guidelines. [10]
Reisman believes that the future of the Jewish people is in Israel, and that the Jews who remain in the diaspora should support Torah study there. [11]