R. Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman

1900 CE–1987 CE · Modern · Baltimore, MD

R. Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman (1900-1987), the founding rosh yeshiva of Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, was among the most influential rosh yeshivos of postwar American Litvish Jewry. A leading talmid of R. Nosson Tzvi Finkel (the Alter of Slabodka) and son-in-law of R. Sheftel Kramer of New Haven, he founded Ner Israel in 1933 and led it for over half a century. His Avodas Levi chiddushim on Shas are widely studied. Ner Israel became, under his leadership, one of the three premier American yeshivos — alongside Lakewood (BMG) and Telshe Cleveland.

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Stop 1 of 11933–1987Rosh Yeshiva

Baltimore, MDNer Israel yeshiva center

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Founded Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore in 1933 and led it for 54 years.

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