Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Steven Riskin May 28, 1940 20 Iyar 5700 Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | Israel, USA |
| Spouse | Victoria Pollins Riskin |
| Children | 4[1] |
| Occupation | Founding Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Author, Chancellor |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Successor | Rabbi Kenneth Brander |
| Position | Founding rabbi |
| Synagogue | Lincoln Square Synagogue |
| Position | founder and Chancellor |
| Organisation | Ohr Torah Stone |
| Residence | Efrat, West Bank |
| Semikhah | Yeshiva University |
Shlomo Riskin (born May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi, and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City, which he led for 20 years;[2][3][4] founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank; former[5] dean of Manhattan Day School[6] in New York City; and founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel.
- ^ Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin Archived 2019-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Rabbinical Council of America. Nov 9, 2007
- ^ Abramson, Edward (2008). A Circle in the Square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reinvents the synagogue. Urim Publications. ISBN 978-965-524-014-6.
- ^ Sanua, Marianne Rachel. Let Us Prove Strong: The American Jewish Committee, 1945-2006. p. 268.
- ^ Lincoln Square Synagogue – History Archived 2010-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rabbi Shlomo Riskin". ou.org. Orthodox Union. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Weiss, Stewart (28 May 2015). "Rabbi Riskin – until 120". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 28 March 2023.