Kook, Abraham Isaac, 1865-1935
Variant namesAbraham Isaac ha-Kohen Kook was born in Latvia in 1864. In 1904 he moved to Palestine and served as rabbi of the Jewish community in Jaffa. In 1919 he became rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Jerusalem. In 1921, when the Chief rabbinate was established, he was appointed Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine, a position he held until his death in 1935. In 1924 he established his own yeshiva in Jerusalem, known as the Universal Yeshiva or Merkaz ha-Rav. The yeshiva was unique at the time because of its positive attitude to Zionism.
From the description of Poster collection, 1920-1935? (Yeshiva University). WorldCat record id: 122487657
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Central Relief Committee records, 1914-1958, 1914-1950 (bulk). | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Women's suffrage poster collection, 1919-1926. | Yeshiva University | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1887-1942. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Kook, Abraham Isaac, 1865-1935. Poster collection, 1920-1935? | Yeshiva University | |
| referencedIn | Countries collection: Palestine files, [ca. 1914]-1950. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Jewish National Fund. Israeli broadside collection, 1878-1981. | Yeshiva University | |
| referencedIn | Photographs of Chief Rabbi A. Kook, Twentieth century | University of Southampton Libaries Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Autograph collection | New York State Historical Documents Inventory |
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| associatedWith | American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Central Committee for the Relief of Jews Suffering Through the War. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Davidson, Israel, 1870-1939. | person |
| associatedWith | Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Keneset Yiśraʼel be-Erets-Yiśraʼel. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rabanut ha-rashit le-Yiśraʼel. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Yeshivat Merkaz ha-Rav. | corporateBody |
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Birth 1865-09-07
Death 1935-09-01
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