Yisroel Belsky, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetYisroel Belsky
American rabbi
Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1938
Date of Death: 28-Jan-2016
Profession: rabbi
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Yisroel Belsky
- Chaim Yisroel Belsky (Chaim Yisroel HaLevi Belsky) (August 22, 1938 – January 28, 2016) was an American rabbi and posek of Orthodox Judaism and Haredi Judaism who resided in Brooklyn, New York.
- He was one of the roshei yeshiva at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, and rabbi of the summer camp network run by Agudath Israel of America. Belsky served for "more than 28 years" as a senior kashrut advisor to the OU. He was "widely acclaimed for his in-depth knowledge across the length and breadth" in Torah which he used "together with an encyclopaedic command of general knowledge and a hands-on familiarity with worldly affairs."Belsky faced criticism for his statements in reaction to sexual abuse accusations made against a Jewish camp counselor.
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