Rabbi
Shmuel Kaminetsky
Personal
Born1965 (age 58–59)
ReligionJudaism

Shmuel Kaminetsky (born 1965) is an Israel-born rabbi and has been the rabbi of Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast since 1990.[1]

Biography

Shmuel Kaminetsky's parents emigrated from the USSR to Israel due to religious persecution in 1946. Kaminetsky was born in Kfar Chabad, Israel, in 1965.

He believes that genuine Jewish identity and Ukrainian nationalism can not only be combined, but also complement each other, and this should serve as an example for many.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Днепропетровск: Шмуэль Каминецкий - Федерация еврейских общин Украины". fjc.org.ua. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  2. ^ УНИАН редакция (2018-02-08). "В еврейской общине Днепра состоялось прощание с волонтером Леонидом Краснопольским". УНИАН (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-03-16.