David Brodman

David Brodman was born in 1936 in Rotterdam

David Brodman was born in the Netherlands in 1936 to Shmuel and Perel Brodman. His father and part of his family were killed in the Holocaust. After World War II he was sent to study at the Gateshead Yeshiva.

In 1957 he married Hana Warhaftig, whose family came from Germany. The couple lived in Bnei Brak, where he studied at the kollel of the Ponevezh Yeshiva.

In 1963 he was appointed a rabbi and religious judge in the Netherlands and lived there with his family for about 10 years. His work there focused on conversion and on bringing Jews closer to Judaism.

In 1972 he returned to Israel and became the rabbi of Savyon, where he lived for the rest of his life. He founded a teaching center for Jewish studies and a kollel that trains young scholars for the rabbinate and community leadership. He was also a member of the Chief Rabbinate committee for dialogue with the Vatican.

He retired as the rabbi of Savyon in 2016. He died in 2020.