Yisrael Ariel

Yisrael Ariel
ישראל אריאל
Personal life
Born
Yisrael Stieglitz

(1939-08-15) August 15, 1939
Parent(s)Moshe and Esther Stieglitz
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
PositionChief Rabbi
SynagogueYamit
PositionFounder
OrganisationThe Temple Institute
OtherFounder of The Temple Institute; Chief Rabbi of Yamit, 1982–
DynastyRuzhin

Rabbi Yisrael Ariel (Hebrew: ישראל אריאל; born Yisrael Stieglitz 15 August 1939) was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai Peninsula during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel, and the founder of the Temple Institute (Machon HaMikdash). His brother, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, served as the rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Yamit and later became the chief rabbi of Ramat Gan.