Yoel Schwartz
Yoel Schwartz (Hebrew: יואל שוורץ; 29 September 1939 – 8 September 2022)[1] was an Israeli Haredi Jewish rabbi, Torah scholar, and prolific writer who published over 200 Jewish books. He was a senior lecturer at Dvar Yerushalayim yeshiva in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof, an English-speaking institute for baalei teshuva. He was also involved in attempts to revive the Sanhedrin.
Education
Rabbi Schwartz studied at Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak and Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He served as the mashgiach ruchani of Yeshivas Itri.
Prizes
Rabbi Schwartz was a 2009 laureate of the Moskowitz prize in Jerusalem for his work in establishing the "Nahal Haredi" framework for conscription of Haredi males to serve as combat troops in the IDF. The Moskowitz Prize for Zionism was established by Dr. Irving and Cherna Moskowitz in recognition of people who put Zionism into action in today's Israeli society.
See also
References
External links
- Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110113132746/http://www.moskowitzprize.com:80/eng/win_2010/schwartz_e.htm
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