Avrohom Rubinstein ( he, אברהם רובינשטיין) is an Israeli rabbi who servers as the mayor of the Israeli city of

Bnei Brak Bnei Brak or Bene Beraq ( he, בְּנֵי בְּרַק ) is a city located on the central Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, coastal plain in Israel, just east of Tel Aviv. A center of Haredi Judaism, Bnei Brak covers an are ...

and as secretary of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. He is also a member of the staff of the Independent Education System.

Life

Rubinstein was born in

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

References

1950s births Living people Jewish Israeli politicians Mayors of places in Israel Rabbis in Bnei Brak Ponevezh Yeshiva alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Israel-rabbi-stub