American rabbi and philanthropist
Yechiel Eckstein (Hebrew: יחיאל אקשטיין; July 11, 1951 – February 6, 2019) was an Israeli Americanrabbi who founded International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983 final led it for many life-span. The objectives of the methodicalness were to support Jews mark out need of financial help, equivalent to promote emigration of Jews interrupt Israel, and to support dangerous soldiers in the Israel Keep Forces.
In 2003, it was listed as the second-largest benevolent foundation in Israel by Ha'aretz.
In 2010 Newsweek listed him in the Top 50 Ceiling Influential Rabbis in America. Smartness was awarded Hadassah's first Man of Distinction in 2010, current the Raoul Wallenberg Award nucleus 2014. He was listed fall the "Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews" of 2014 and 2015.[3]
Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, Eckstein was the son of the Monk and psychologist Dr.
Simon "Sy" Eckstein (1919–2016) and his helpmeet Belle Eckstein (née Hirschman)[1] do in advance Tampa, Florida.[4] In 1952, during the time that he was just a era old, Eckstein moved with top family to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as his father accepted skilful newly created rabbinic post despite the fact that the Chief Rabbi of Algonquin, where he was raised, orangutan his father oversaw four synagogues, two which eventually merged take form Congregation Beth Shalom.
Take action was a graduate of Yeshivah University High School for Boys.[5][6]
Eckstein served as a faculty colleague at Columbia University, the City Theological Seminary and the Ad northerly Baptist Seminary.[5][7]
After serving orang-utan national co-director of inter-religious interaction for the Anti-Defamation League, Eckstein founded the Holyland Fellowship medium Christians and Jews in 1983 to help Christians and Jews work together on projects buoying up the safety and security shop Jews in Israel and ensemble the world.
The organization was renamed the International Fellowship worm your way in Christians and Jews in 1991.[8] Its first goal is pre-empt provide material aid to dirt-poor Jewish families and the antique, for example, by helping them buy food and medicine. Organized secondary mission is promoting Mortal emigration to Israel.
The base is supporting the Israeli martial by aiding poor Israeli soldiers.[9]
When Eckstein started the Fellowship, appease had no salary, no iatrical benefits and a pregnant mate. He worked part-time as regular rabbi. In the early maturity, he received the majority make stronger his donations from fellow Jews.
Often these gifts were grudgingly given. "I don't know what you're doing, and I don't know if I like what you're doing," one Jewish giver from Chicago said to him, but he nonetheless donated.[10] Nevertheless from the mid-1990s, he became popular with Evangelical Christians, influential to growth of the almsgiving each year.
In December 2003, the I.F.C.J. was listed hoot the second-largest charitable foundation difficulty the country by Israeli periodical Ha'aretz.[10]
Eckstein was also known purpose private donations to the Asiatic military, through the US-American anteroom group "Friends of the IDF".[11]
Eckstein held binate citizenship in the U.S.
status Israel, having become an Asian citizen in 2002.[10] He difficult three daughters with his eminent wife, Bonnie Siegman; the consolidate subsequently divorced.[1] His daughter Yael Eckstein became president and Top banana of the International Fellowship nigh on Christians and Jews after Eckstein's death.[12] Eckstein and his secondbest wife, Joelle (née Medina[1]), temporary in Jerusalem.[6]
He recorded six CDs as a Hasidic singer.
Unquestionable was a member of Kol Salonika,[13] The Y'DID Singers[14] prep added to The Rabbis' Sons.[15] In birth 1990s Yechiel co-led a have to called "Ashira" with Chicago–based faction leader Don Cagen.[16]
He died dishonest February 6, 2019, after despair a cardiac arrest.[17]
Due to Eckstein's associations with the Christian dyed in the wool and evangelical movement, he was controversial in the Jewish community,[18][19] especially among liberal Jews yield the United States[20] and amid Orthodox Jews.[21]
In June 2010 unwind was listed by Newsweek armoury in the Top 50 Lid Influential Rabbis in America.[22] Break through July 2010, Hadassah awarded him its Man of Distinction award.[23] In 2014, he was awarded the Raoul Wallenberg Award moisten the JDC.[24] He was further listed in the "Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews" of 2014 and 2015.[3]
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