Meir Bar-Ilan

Rabbi
Meir Bar-Ilan
מֵאִיר בַּר-אִילָן
Personal life
BornMeir Berlin
(1880-04-10)April 10, 1880
DiedApril 17, 1949(1949-04-17) (aged 69)
BuriedSanhedria Cemetery
SpouseBaila Rabinowitz
Parent
Alma materVolozhin Yeshiva
University of Berlin
Signature
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
OrganisationMizrachi

Meir Bar-Ilan (Hebrew: מֵאִיר בַּר-אִילָן; (1880-04-10)April 10, 1880 – (1949-04-17)April 17, 1949) was an orthodox rabbi, author, and religious Zionist activist, who served as leader of the Mizrachi movement in the United States and Mandatory Palestine. Bar-Ilan University, founded in 1955, was named in his honour.