Yakov Yosef Twersky | |
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Title | Skverer Rebbe of New Square. |
Personal | |
Born | Yakov Yosef Twersky June 23, 1899 |
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Trana Twersky |
Children | Figa Malka Hager, Sima Mirel Hager, Miriam Twersky, Rabbi David Twersky |
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Rabbi Dovid'l Twersky |
Successor | Rabbi David Twersky |
Dynasty | Skver |
Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky (June 23, 1899 – March 31, 1968)[1] was the Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York, and of Skverer Hasidism worldwide.[2]
Born in Ukraine,[3] Twersky was a Holocaust survivor.[4] In 1950, he arrived in the United States and lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.[5] In 1956, Twersky founded the first shtetl in the United States, the village of New Square in Rockland County, New York.[6]
After his passing, his son Rabbi David Twersky succeeded him as the grand rabbi of the Skverer Hasidim.[5]