Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein

Yisroel Yaakov Lichtenstein (born March 1954) is the former Av Beit Din of Federation of Synagogues in London, having given notice mid-2019 that after 30 years at that post who is also referred to as Yaakov Lichtenstein and Yisroel Lichtenstein continued to serve as the official rabbi of a small congregation until making Aliya. Among the issues that called for him to interact with UK government was gender separation of religious schools.

At the time he left London, his co-dayanim were Moshe Elzas, Yehonoson Hool, and Yehoshua Posen

Early life Lichtenstein grew up in Boston. Beginning age 20 he lived and studied in Israel for 14 years.

Shailatext project Lichtenstein, having spoken out in 2018 about the need for kosher use of technology, lead preparations for what the Federation of Synagogues called their Shailatext project, a people-powered technology based process for answering Halachic questions, especially for "those who have not yet found a rabbi." By the time Lichtenstein retired, the service was described as achieving "response within four hours." his mother's name was Golda.