Reuven Katz

Rabbi Reuven Katz
Personal
Born	1880 Halshany, Russian Empire present-day Belarus
Died	November 1963 Petah Tikvah, Israel[1]
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Israel
Spouse	Rechiel Katz (née Maskileison)
Parent(s)	Rabbi Shimon and Chaya Zahavah Katz
Denomination	Haredi Judaism
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Rabbi Yisrael Abba Citron
Successor	Rabbi Baruch Shimon Salomon
Position	Chief rabbi
Synagogue	Petah Tikvah
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Lomza Yeshiva
Began	1932
Ended	1963
Main work	Degel Reuven

Rabbi Reuven Katz (Hebrew: ראובן כץ/כ"ץ; 1880–1963) was a rabbi in Russia, the United States, and Israel. Serving at first in several Russian communities and then in Bayonne, New Jersey, for the last thirty years of his life he served as chief rabbi of Petah Tikvah and as the rosh yeshiva of the city's Lomza Yeshiva.