Shlomo Riskin
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin שלמה ריסקין | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | Steven Riskin May 28, 1940 20 Iyar 5700 Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | Israel, USA |
| Spouse | Victoria Pollins Riskin |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Founding Chief Rabbi of Efrat, Author, Chancellor |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Successor | Rabbi Kenneth Brander |
| Position | Founding rabbi |
| Synagogue | Lincoln Square Synagogue |
| Position | founder and Chancellor |
| Organisation | Ohr Torah Stone |
| Residence | Efrat, West Bank |
| Semikhah | Yeshiva University |
Shlomo Riskin (Hebrew: שלמה ריסקין; born May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi, and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City, which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank; former dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City; and founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel.