14 Facts About Yaakov Perlow

Yaakov Perlow was an American Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, and Rebbe of the Novominsk Hasidic dynasty.

Yaakov Perlow was head of that organization's Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah.

Yaakov Perlow was one of the most respected leaders of the American Orthodox Jewish community, known for his scholarly and oratorical skills.

Yaakov Perlow was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rabbi Nochum Mordechai Perlow, the Novominsker Rebbe, and his wife, Beila Rochma Morgenstern.

Yaakov Perlow was named after his paternal great-grandfather, the Shufra D'Yaakov, founder of the Novominsk Hasidic dynasty.

Yaakov Perlow later moved back to Brooklyn and settled in Crown Heights, becoming a member of the administration of the mesivta of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin.

Yaakov Perlow served as the Rav of Congregation Bais Yosef in that city.

Yaakov Perlow became an active member of Agudath Israel of America from 1975, when he was one of the main speakers at the 7th Siyum HaShas in New York.

Yaakov Perlow became a leader of the Torah Umesorah organization as well.

In December 1998, Yaakov Perlow was named president of Agudath Israel of America, succeeding Rabbi Moshe Sherer, who had died seven months earlier.

Yaakov Perlow was head of the organization's Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah.

Yaakov Perlow frequently spoke out on issues affecting the American Orthodox Jewish world, including Internet usage, child abuse, Holocaust denial, overpriced Jewish weddings, and US politics.

In 2015, Yaakov Perlow shocked attendees at the 93rd annual Agudath Israel of America dinner by directly appealing to President Obama to reconsider the Iran deal.

In 1982, Perlow published the first of what would eventually be a seven-volume series called Adas Yaakov, with three volumes on topics in the Talmud, three volumes on the Jewish holidays, and one volume on Chumash.