Yaakov Feitman is a

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, speaker and author who helped build and expand congregations in more than one geographic region and was the founding principal of three schools. Feitman was born in 1948 in a

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.book ''Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle For The Soul Of American Jewry'' by Samuel G. Freedman,

Professional

He received

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from rabbis

Moshe Feinstein Moshe Feinstein (; Lithuanian pronunciation: ''Moishe Fainshtein''; ; March 3, 1895 – March 23, 1986) was a Russian-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, scholar, and ''posek'' (authority on ''halakha''—Jewish law). He has been called ...

and

Yitzchak Hutner Yitzchak Hutner (; 1906November 28, 1980), also known as Isaac Hutner, was an American Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean). Originally from Warsaw, Hutner was the long-time dean of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn, New York, an older ins ...

. Feitman is a past president of the

Young Israel The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) or Young Israel (in Hebrew: , ), is a synagogue-based Orthodox Judaism organization in the United States with a network of affiliated "Young Israel" synagogues. Young Israel was founded in 1912, in it ...

Council of Rabbis, has been a Scholar-in-Residence all over the world and spoken at OU,

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and Agudah conventions.

Congregation Builder

Presently the rabbi of the "Red Shul", Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi in

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, he has held pulpits in

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and

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Cleveland, Ohio

In 1983, moved from

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to become the rabbi of Young Israel of Cleveland, which at the time had congregations in Cleveland Heights and South Euclid. Feitman divided his time between and duties between the two locations and helped guide these congregants, over a period of years, through this transition. Later he helped with another transition in what became the Young Israel of Beachwood, located in a Cleveland-suburb. Those years involved not only religious matters but dealing with extensive problems regarding

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Authorship

* (biography) * "The Halachic Process" (recording) * "Daas Torah: Tapping the Source of Eternal Wisdom". In: Torah Lives, ed. Nisson Wolpin. Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah Publications, 1995. Pg ix-xxviii. . * "The invention of religion" pp. 67–68 () by Derek R. Peterson & Darren R. Walhof * ''Out of the Iron Furnace'' (Shengold Publishing, ), by Rabbi Eliezer Ben-David, translated into English and adapted by Rabbi Yaakov Feitman * a

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he wrote for Rabbi

Mordechai Gifter Mordechai Gifter (October 15, 1915 - January 18, 2001) was an American Haredi rabbi. He was the rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland. He was a staunch opponent of Zionism. Gifter studied in yeshivas in Lithuania, and held seve ...

for Yated Neeman * an article written for

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regarding the decades since the passing of Rabbi

Yitzchok Hutner Yitzchak Hutner (; 1906November 28, 1980), also known as Isaac Hutner, was an American Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (dean). Originally from Warsaw, Hutner was the long-time dean of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn, New York, an older i ...

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* Wrote articles for Mishpacha Magazine * Writes weekly articles in Yated Neeman * Blueprints: Torah views of the world and events around us ():

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*Days of Reflection, Days of Joy Discovering the Gifts of Elul, the Yamim Noraim and Succos():

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