# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rabbi-gershon-edelstein
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:10:13.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rabbi-gershon-edelstein"
name: "Rabbi Gershon Edelstein"
slug: "rabbi-gershon-edelstein"
description: "Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein was a Soviet-born Israeli Haredi rabbi who was rosh yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, president of the Vaad Hayeshivos, and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel. He was widely considered to be a Gadol Hador by the Litvish community."
tagline: "Haredi rabbi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gershon_Edelshtein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1923-04-18"
deathDate: "2023-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.391257333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "גרשון עדלשטיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershon_Edelstein"
    title: "Gershon Edelstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershon_Edelstein"
    title: "Gershon Edelstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershon_Edelstein"
    title: "Gershon Edelstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "גרשון אדלשטיין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershon_Edelstein"
    title: "Gershon Edelstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Эдельштейн, Гершон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12405003"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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