Meir Bar-Ilan

Rabbi
Meir Bar-Ilan
מֵאִיר בַּר-אִילָן
Personal life
Born
Meir Berlin

(1880-04-10)April 10, 1880
DiedApril 17, 1949(1949-04-17) (aged 69)
SpouseBaila Rabinowitz
Parent
Alma materVolozhin Yeshiva
University of Berlin
Signature
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
OrganisationMizrachi
BuriedSanhedria Cemetery

Meir Bar-Ilan (Hebrew: מֵאִיר בַּר-אִילָן; April 10, 1880 April 17, 1949) was an orthodox rabbi, author, and religious Zionist activist, who served as leader of the Mizrachi movement in the United States and Mandatory Palestine. Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, was named in his honour.