Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

British rabbi

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1921

Place of Birth: Kaliningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1999

Profession: rabbi

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits (8 February 1921 – 31 October 1999) was the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1967 to 1991.
Prior to this, he had served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland and as rabbi of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City.
In addition to his official duties he was regarded as an authority in medical ethics from a Jewish standpoint.
He was knighted in 1981 and became the first Chief Rabbi to enter the House of Lords in 1988 as Baron Jakobovits.