Hoshea Friedman

Hoshea Friedman-Ben Shalom is a brigadier general in the Israel [Defense Forces|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, a religious kibbutz in the Negev desert. Friedman-Ben Shalom is the son of Rebbe Yisrael [Friedman (Pashkaner Rebbe)|Yisrael Friedman], the Pashkaner Rebbe, and his mother, Tziporah, is the daughter of the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz. He is married and has five children.

Military career

Friedman served in the Golani Brigade.