Chaim Dov Keller

Chaim Dov Keller (1930 – August 17, 2020) was an American Haredi rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Telshe Yeshiva in Chicago for six decades. He was also a member of the "Nesius" (Presidium) of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America.

Biography Chaim Dov Keller was born in New York City in 1930. He studied at Yeshiva University and subsequently attended the Telshe yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio, under the leadership of Rabbis Chaim Mordechai Katz and Eliyahu Meir Bloch.

Telshe yeshiva in Chicago and Agudath Israel of America In 1960, Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Levin and Rabbi Chaim Schmelczer were hand-picked by Katz to open a new branch of the yeshiva in Chicago. the 80th Agudah convention in 2002 (plenary session, "What in the World is Going On? — Searching for Meaning in the Maelstrom"); and the 83rd Agudah convention in 2005 ("Shabbat speakers"). He frequently wrote articles for the Agudah magazine The Jewish Observer as well. He never recovered and died on August 17, 2020. Criticising Chabad Messianists Opposing female rabbis Attacking the existence of a gay club at Yeshiva College A Torah perspective attacking the decision in the Dover case on intelligent design

Keller also wrote a widely published obituary on Rabbi Boruch Sorotzkin, Telshe rosh yeshiva, in 2007.