Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan | |
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Born | Meir Berlin April 10, 1880 |
Died | April 17, 1949 | (aged 69)
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Baila Rabinowitz |
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Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
Alma mater | Volozhin Yeshiva University of Berlin |
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Organisation | Mizrachi |
Buried | Sanhedria 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.