Avrohom Rubinstein
Mayor of Bnei Brak
Personal details
Born1957 or 1958 (age 65–66)[1]
Bnei Brak

Avrohom Rubinstein (Hebrew: אברהם רובינשטיין) is an Israeli rabbi who servers as the mayor of the Israeli city of Bnei Brak[1][2][3] and as secretary of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah.[1][4] He is also a member of the staff of the Independent Education System.[5]

Life

Rubinstein was born in Bnei Brak and was educated at the Ponevezh Yeshiva. He is married and has 14 children. One of his sons died from cancer at the age of 16.[1]

He was a close confidant of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky[4] and one of Kanievsky's grandsons is married to Rubinstein's daughter.[1]

He serves as secretary of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah since the end of the 1990s and was elected as Mayor of Bnei Brak with approximately 82 percent of the votes after being endorsed by Rabbi Kanievsky.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 דין ילד בתל אביב הוא לא דין ילד מבני ברק (in Hebrew). Israel Hayom. Oct 29, 2020. Retrieved Mar 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ בכל מגזר יש שובבים שמנסים להתחכם (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. 2020. Retrieved Mar 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ לא הכול אדום [Not Everything is Red] (in Hebrew). Arutz Sheva. Sep 25, 2020. Retrieved Mar 29, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Riva Pomerantz (Nov 15, 2017). "New Shemittah Fund Raises Question". Ami. No. 342. p. 44.
  5. ↑ החינוך העצמאי • ואלה שמות נציגי 'דגל' בעמותה. bhol.co.il (in Hebrew). Jan 16, 2011. Retrieved Mar 29, 2023.
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