Yehuda Leib Tsirelson
Yehuda Leib Tsirelson | |
|---|---|
| Senator of Romania | |
| In office 1920–1922 | |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania | |
| In office 1922–1926 | |
| Mayor of Chișinău | |
Acting | |
| In office 1923–1923 | |
| Chief Rabbi of Bessarabia | |
| In office 1918–1940 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 24, 1859 Kozelets, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 6, 1941 (aged 81) Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, USSR |
| Political party | Jewish Party of Romania |
| Other political affiliations | World Agudath Israel |
Yehuda Leib Tsirelson (1859 in Kozelets, Chernihiv Oblast – 1941 in Kishinev, Soviet Union) was the Chief Rabbi of Bessarabia, a member of the Romanian parliament, and a prominent Jewish leader and posek.