Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom

Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom (born 1959) is a brigadier general in the IDF and the current Pashkaner Rebbe.

Biography

Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom was born in Reshafim, a kibbutz in northeastern Israel. When he was 3 years old, his family moved to Sa'ad,[1] a religious kibbutz in the Negev desert. Friedman-Ben Shalom is the son of Rebbe Yisrael Friedman, the Pashkaner Rebbe (and inherited that title upon his father's passing), and his mother, Tziporah, is the daughter of the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz.[2] He is married and has five children.[1]

Military career

Friedman served in the Golani Brigade.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 פותחים מבערים ורצים קדימה. kibbutz.org (in Hebrew). 2003-10-16. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved Oct 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Ehrlich, Aryeh (Oct 6, 2014). "Legacy of Many Threads". Mishpacha (530). Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved Oct 15, 2014.
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