Yitzhak Aharon Korff
Yitzhak Korff | |
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| Other names | Y. A. Korff |
| Education | Hebrew College (BJE) Columbia University (BA) Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin (Semikhah) Brooklyn Law School (JD) The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MA, MA, PhD) Harvard University Boston University (LLM) |
| Notable work | Meshivas Nefesh Yitzchok: Insights of a Contemporary Chassidic Master |
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| Children | 6 |
Yitzhak Aharon "Ira A." Korff is the present Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh. Since 1975 he has been the Chaplain of the City of Boston (serving the Boston Police and Fire Departments, Mayor's Office, City Council and other City departments and agencies) and spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Jacob, Zvhil–Mezhbizh Beit Medrash of Boston, Miami, and Jerusalem, serving also with the Chief Rabbis of Israel as Spiritual Leader of The Jerusalem Great Synagogue. He is a dayan (judge of Jewish law) of the BaDaTz Boston Beth din (rabbinical court) and Vaad HaRabbonim (council of rabbis). He is also principal of Korff Associates, consultants in business, diplomacy and international law and relations, and he served as the publisher of the Boston-based Jewish newspaper The Jewish Advocate until it suspended publication in 2020. He also served as Consul of the Republic of Austria for more than 37 years and was conferred Austria's highest honour, the Goldene Ehrenzeichen (Decoration of Honour in Gold), by the President of Austria.