Yisrael Alter

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Yisrael Alter
Title	Gerrer Rebbe
Personal
Born	Yisrael Alter (1895-10-12)12 October 1895 Gora Kalwaria
Died	20 February 1977(1977-02-20) (aged 81) Jerusalem
Religion	Judaism
Parents	Avraham Mordechai Alter (father) Chaya Ruda Czarna (mother)
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Avraham Mordechai Alter
Successor	Simcha Bunim Alter
Began	1948
Ended	20 February 1977
Main work	Beit Yisrael
Dynasty	Ger

Yisrael Alter (Polish: Izrael Alter, Hebrew: ישראל אלתר‎; October 1895 – 20 February 1977), also known as the Beit Yisrael, after the works he authored, was the fifth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1948 until 1977.^[1]