Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Religious Leader

Birthday February 27, 1903

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Belarus

DEATH DATE Apr 9, 1993 (90)

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About

Talmudic scholar and Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary who is a mentor and role model for thousands of Jews.

Before Fame

He enrolled at Friedrich Wilhelm University in 1926.

Trivia

He wrote "The Lonely Man of Faith" in which he drew on the first two chapters in Genesis to divide man into two groups: the majestic man and the covenantal man.

Family Life

He married Tonya Lewit in 1931.

Associated With

He opposed the philosophy of Adolf Hitler.