Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman יעקב יצחק רודרמאן
Personal
Born	(1900-03-16)March 16, 1900 Daŭhinava, Russian Empire present-day Belarus
Died	July 11, 1987(1987-07-11) (aged 87) Baltimore, Maryland
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Golda Feiga (née Kramer)
Children	Chana Weinberg
Parent	R' Yehuda Leib (father)
Denomination	Orthodox Judaism
Alma mater	Slabodka Yeshiva, Lithuania
Jewish leader
Successor	Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg
Position	Rosh yeshiva
Yeshiva	Ner Yisroel
Began	1933
Ended	1987
Main work	Avodas Levi
Yahrtzeit	14 Tammuz
Buried	39°14′29″N 76°40′26″W / 39.241523°N 76.673917°W / 39.241523; -76.673917
Semikhah	Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein

Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman (Shushan Purim 1900,^[1] Daŭhinava – July 11, 1987)^[2] was a prominent Russian-born American Talmudic scholar and rabbi who founded and served as rosh yeshiva (yeshiva head) of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.