# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baruch-dov-povarsky
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:44:22.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baruch-dov-povarsky"
name: "Baruch Dov Povarsky"
slug: "baruch-dov-povarsky"
description: "Rabbi Baruch Dov Povarsky, often referred to as Rabbi Berel Povarsky, is a rosh yeshiva in the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel. He served alongside Rabbi Gershon Edelstein in this role until the latter's death on 30 May 2023."
tagline: "Biographical sketch of a leading Lithuanian-Chareidi rabbi in Israel"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rabbi_berl_fobarski.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1931-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.43
  momentum:             3.510638297872341
  historical:           4.615372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Baruch Dov Povarsky"
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    title: "ברוך דוב פוברסקי"
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    title: "בערל פאווארסקי"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7188316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump