Yakov Yosef Twersky
Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky was the Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York, and of Skverer Hasidism worldwide.
Biography
Born in Ukraine, Twersky was a Holocaust survivor. In 1950, he arrived in the United States and lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In 1956, Twersky founded the first shtetl in the United States, the village of New Square in Rockland County, New York.Family
Lineage from Ba'al Shem Tov
- Ba'al Shem Tov
- * Rabbi Tzvi
- ** Rabbi Aaron of Tituv
- *** Rabbi Tzvi of Tituv
- **** Chana Sima
- ***** Rabbi David Twersky of Skvira
- ****** Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky
Lineage from Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl
- Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl
- * Rabbi Mordechai Twersky of Chernobyl
- ** Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky of Skvira
- *** Rabbi David Twersky of Skvira
- **** Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky