Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein
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Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein (born March 1954)[1] is the former Av Beit Din of Federation of Synagogues in London, having given notice mid-2019[2] that after 30 years at that post[3] he'd being moving to Israel.
Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein,[4] who is also referred to as Yaakov Lichtenstein[5][6][7] and Yisroel Lichtenstein[8] continued to serve as the official rabbi of a small congregation until making Aliya.[9][10] Among the issues that called for him to interact with UK government was gender separation of religious schools.[11]
His challenges were not limited to dealing with religious freedom regarding gender separation in Jewish schools.[2] In 2009, in response to "questions from various quarters," Lichtenstein authored a "to explain what is meant by" article regarding the idea of supervising more than one standard for kosher meat, justifying higher level(s) based in part on "since 1905, the London Board for Shechita always provided for two levels of Kashrut."[12]
At the time he left London, his co-dayanim were Moshe Elzas, Yehonoson Hool, and Yehoshua Posen[2] Both he and his successor are American born.[3]