About İsak Haleva
Lived 1940 – 2025 (aged 84–85). İsak Haleva was a Turkish rabbi.
Ishak Haleva (, ) (27 April 1940 – 14 January 2025) was Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) of Turkey.
Biography Haleva was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1940. Before becoming the Chief Rabbi, he studied at Yeshiva Porat Yosef in Jerusalem. Haleva was the deputy to David Asseo for seven years and became the new chief rabbi after Asseo died in 2002. He was a member of the Presidium Council of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States.
Haleva died in Istanbul in January 2025, at the age of 84.
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Turkish rabbi (1940–2025)
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İsak Haleva was born in 1940 in Istanbul.
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İsak Haleva died on 14 January 2025 in Istanbul.
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İsak Haleva was a rabbi.
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İsak Haleva was Turkish.
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