Yaakov Bleich

Yaakov Bleich

Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich (born 1964) is an American-born rabbi and member of the Karlin-Stoliner Chassidic group. He has been widely recognized as chief rabbi of both Kiev and Ukraine since 1992. [ [http://www.ncsj.org/AuxPages/Bleich_bio.shtml biography - Rabbi Yakov Bleich] ]

He is currently one of three contenders for the role after Chabad Lubavitch appointed two competing Rabbis as Chief Rabbis, Azriel Haikin in 2002 and then Moshe Reuven Azman in 2005. [ [http://www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?051028+chief "Ukrainian community split over chief rabbi", Vladimir Matveyev, Phoenix Jewish News, October 25, 2005] ]

Bleich, the pioneer of a Jewish revival in post-Communist Ukraine, has shown no intention of giving up the post.

In 2008 the Kiev weekly magazine "Focus" cited Bleich among the most "powerful foreigners" in the country [ [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/106197.html Breaking News - JTA, Jewish & Israel News ] ] .

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