Yehuda Gerami

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Yehuda Gerami
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Yehuda Gerami speaking at an Iranian Anti-Israel rally in Tehran in 2023.
Personal
Born
یهودا گرامی

1983-4 (age 3637)
Religion Judaism
Nationality Iranian, American
SpouseTzipora Gerami
Jewish leader
Predecessor Mashallah Golestani-Nejad
Position Chief Rabbi of Iran
Synagogue Yusef Abad Synagogue

Yehuda Gerami is the Chief Rabbi of Iran and spiritual leader for the Jewish community of Iran since 2011. [1]

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Biography

Gerami was born in Tehran. His father, Shlomo Gerami, was a surgeon in many hospitals in Tehran including the Dr. Sapir Jewish Hospital. He went to Talmud Torah. At the age of 15, he went from Turkey to Jerusalem to study in Yeshivas Ateres Yisrael, under Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi. He then came back to Iran for a year and then continued his Jewish studies in Yeshivas Ner Israel in Baltimore, Maryland which has a government-sanctioned arrangement with Iran. He continued his studies in the United States until he got his rabbinical ordination under Rav Moshe Heinemann at the age of 25. He then returned to Iran and served as Chief Rabbi. Under this position, he oversees the Jewish community and supervises synagogues, mikvehs and kosher slaughter. [2] In 2021, Gerami took part in the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States' first summit in Istanbul, Turkey. [3]

In November 2021 Gerami visited Jewish communities in the United States and met with many Jewish organizations such as Chabad Lubavitch. He was criticized by many American Jewish leaders for his public denunciation of the State of Israel and Zionism, and his visit to Qasem Soleimani's house in the aftermath of Soleimani's death. [4] [5] [6] Speaking to an American audience, Gerami has justified his statements as having been made out of concern for the safety of the Jewish community in Iran. [7]

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  1. "Leader of Iran's Jews stresses they 'have no interest in politics'". Israel Hayom. November 25, 2021.
  2. "Behind the Persian Curtain". 23 March 2021.
  3. "The Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States: A Summit for Jewish Communities Old and New". The Washington Institute. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
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  7. The Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-us-irans-chief-rabbi-says-he-feared-vengeance-after-soleimani-killing/amp/.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Jewish titles
Preceded by Chief Rabbi of Iran
2011–
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