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Lior Angelman

Lior Engelman is a Religious Zionist rabbi and Israeli author who heads the community yeshiva in Kfar Saba.

born 1972Founding Kfar Saba's community yeshivaNovels and short storiesSong written with Hanan Ben Ari

Occupation: rabbi, writer

Lior Angelman was born in 1972 in Kfar Saba

Lior Engelman was born in 1972 in Kfar Saba to Avraham and Tzipora Engelman. He grew up in the city.

He attended the Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Netanya and then moved to the yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh. He later studied at the Shavei Hevron yeshiva and the hesder yeshiva in Kiryat Shmona. After the army he studied for 6 years at the Bnei David Institute in Psagot and was ordained as a rabbinical judge.

He served as rabbi of the Torah group in Givat Ze'ev and taught at Ateret Yerushalayim. He returned to Kfar Saba and founded the community yeshiva there with his brother-in-law, Rabbi Moti Desha. From 2015 to 2019 he headed the yeshiva at the Binot seminary in Ra'anana, and he teaches at Machon Meir.

His writing includes the short story collection Shkufim and the novels Do Not Stop Love in the Middle, Bound by His Soul and Sulam Ganavim. He wrote the song Longing for People with Hanan Ben Ari in 2020. Since 2021 he has written a regular column in the newspaper B'Sheva.

He is married, has five children and lives in Kfar Saba.

Milestones in Lior Angelman's life

1972
Born in Kfar Saba.
2000
Won the Makor Rishon short story competition.
2006
Published Kisufim after the disengagement from Gush Katif.
2010
Published the story collection Shkufim.
2014
Published the novel Do Not Stop Love in the Middle, which won the Gold Book Award.
2018
Published the novel Bound by His Soul.
2020
Wrote the song Longing for People with Hanan Ben Ari.
2021
Began a regular column in B'Sheva.
2024
Published the novel Sulam Ganavim, about crime families.