Yaakov Perlow
| Grand Rabbi Yaakov Perlow | |
|---|---|
| Novominsker Rebbe | |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Yeshivas Novominsk Kol Yehuda |
| Position | President |
| Organisation | Agudath Israel of America |
| Began | December 1998 |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Moshe Sherer |
| Other | Member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Yaakov Perlow |
| Born | 1931 (age 85–86) Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | United States |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
| Dynasty | Novominsk (Hasidic dynasty) |
| Father | Rabbi Nochum Mordechai Perlow |
| Mother | Beila Rochma Morgenstern |
| Alma mater |
Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Beth Medrash Govoha |
Yaakov Perlow (born 1931) is an American-born Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, and Rebbe of the Novominsker Hasidic dynasty. Since 1998 he has been president of Agudath Israel of America, a Haredi advocacy organization. He is also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudath Israel of America. He is one of the most respected leaders of the American Orthodox community.
Yaakov Perlow was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rabbi Nochum Mordechai Perlow (1887-1976), the Novominsker Rebbe, and his wife, Beila Rochma Morgenstern. He was named after his great-grandfather, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, the first Novominsker Rebbe. His maternal grandfather was Rabbi Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern (1864-1939), the Sokolover Rebbe, a direct descendant of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. Morgernstern was one of the main founders of Agudath Israel in Poland.
Perlow began his Torah education at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in East New York, and continued on to the Lithuanian-type yeshivas of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn and Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey. He also graduated with honors from Brooklyn College.
He subsequently taught at Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois. From there, he was appointed rosh yeshiva at the Breuer's yeshiva, Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch, in Washington Heights, New York, and established a synagogue continuing the Novominsker Hasidic movement. In 1981 he resigned his position at the Breuer's yeshiva to establish and devote himself to his own yeshiva, Yeshivas Novominsk Kol Yehuda, in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
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