Philip Berg
Philip Berg (* 1929 in Brooklyn , New York ; † September 16, 2013 in Los Angeles ), whose real name was Feivel Gruberger , was the founder and director of the Kabbalah Center .
Gruberger / Berg initially worked as an insurance agent and rabbi in New York. In the early 1960s he studied with Yehuda Brandwein in Israel , after whom he later named his son, Yehuda Berg . After his death in 1969 he changed his name to Philip Berg . A few years later, he left his first wife and seven children to found the first Kabbalah Center in Tel Aviv with his second wife, Karen Berg . He later moved with his family to California , where he was successful with the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles from the 1990s. Berg died in a Los Angeles hospital on September 16, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kabbalah Center leader Rabbi Berg dies. Announcement on ynetnews.com dated September 17, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
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SURNAME | Berg, Philip |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gruberger, Feivel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American founder and head of the Kabbalah Center |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York |
DATE OF DEATH | 16th September 2013 |
Place of death | los Angeles |