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Jisrael Alter (also called Bejs Jisroel ; born October 12, 1895 in Góra Kalwaria ; died February 20, 1977 in Jerusalem ) was the fifth rabbi of the Hasidic Ger movement .
Life
Alter was born in Poland in 1895 as the third son of the Gerrer rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter . He studied with his grandfather Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter at an early age . At the age of 13 he married a cousin. During the German occupation he had to flee Poland in 1940 and immigrated to Palestine . His wife, son, daughter and grandchildren were murdered in Germany during the Shoah . Yisrael Alter remarried. The marriage to Pearl Weidenfield was childless.
After the death of his father Avraham Mordechai Alter in 1948, Alter became the fifth rabbi of the Hasidic Ger. Alter became one of the religious leaders of the Agudat Jisra'el party and accompanied the party's work in the Knesset . He became an influential politician who campaigned strongly for an ultra-orthodox orientation in the new state. Under his leadership, the Ger movement became the largest Hasidic group in Israel . Alter united the over 100 educational institutions of the Ger under the roof of Ichud Mosdos Gur .
Alter published numerous books on Hasidic Judaism, including a five-volume commentary on the Torah .
Web links
- Literature by and about Israel Age in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ The Ger Hasidic Dynasty , Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dude, Israel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli rabbi of the Ger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Góra Kalwaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1977 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |