Yisrael Rosen
Yisrael Rosen (Hebrew: ישראל רוזן) (May 1941 – November 2, 2017) was an Orthodox Israeli rabbi. He founded the office for conversion to Judaism in the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and he was a judge there.[1] He was born in Tel Aviv.
Rosen was the director of the Zomet Institute for the interface of Halakha and technology and also the editor-in-chief of the Zomet annual journal Techumin. He edited a weekly newsletter called Shabbat B'Shabbato.
Rosen died on November 2, 2017 in Alon Shevut, a West Bank settlement, of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.[2]
References
- ↑ Karni, Yuval (2017-08-19). "Rabbi leaves Bayit Yehudi over chairman's lesbian aide". ynetnews.com. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
- ↑ Baruch, Uzi (2017-11-02). "Rabbi Yisrael Rosen passes away". israelnationalnews.com. Retrieved 2017-11-02.