Yechiel Eckstein
Israeli American rabbi
Died when: 67 years 210 days (810 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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Yechiel Eckstein (Hebrew: ????? ???????;July 11, 1951 – February 6, 2019) was an Israeli American rabbi who founded International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983 and led it for many years.
The objectives of the organisation were to support Jews in need of financial help, to promote emigration of Jews to Israel, and to support poor soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces.
In 2003, it was listed as the second-largest charitable foundation in Israel by Ha'aretz.In 2010 Newsweek listed him in the Top 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America.
He was awarded Hadassah's first Man of Distinction in 2010, and the Raoul Wallenberg Award in 2014.He was listed in the "Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews" of 2014 and 2015.
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