# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yaakov-aryeh-alter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:18:21.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yaakov-aryeh-alter"
name: "Yaakov Aryeh Alter"
slug: "yaakov-aryeh-alter"
description: "Yaakov Aryeh Alter is the eighth, and current, Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he has held since 1996. He lives in Israel, and has followers there and in the United States, Europe, Australia, Brazil and Canada. He is a member of the Presidium of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel."
tagline: "Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yaakov_Aryeh_Alter_(2006).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1939-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.04
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.1053
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "יעקב אריה אלטער"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "يعقوب ارييه التر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yaakov Aryeh Alter"
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    title: "Yaakov Aryeh Alter"
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    title: "יעקב אריה אלתר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaakow_Arie_Alter"
    title: "Jaakow Arie Alter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov_Aryeh_Alter"
    title: "Yaakov Aryeh Alter"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5_%D0%AF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Альтер, Арье Яаков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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