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:''Not to be confused with his distant cousin, Rabbi Dovid Grossman'' Yitzchak Dovid Grossman ((ヘブライ語:יצחק דוד גרוסמן)) (born September 1946, Jerusalem), also known as the "Disco Rabbi",〔 is the Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek, founder and dean of Migdal Ohr educational institutions, and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel. He is known for his work with children from disadvantaged and troubled homes, having rehabilitated tens of thousands of youth through his educational network founded in 1972. ==Biography== Grossman is a sixth-generation Jerusalemite and the scion of a prominent Hasidic family. His father, Rabbi Yisrael Grossman, served as rosh yeshiva of Pinsk-Karlin and of Chabad in Lod, and was a member of the rabbinical court of Agudat Yisrael. His mother, Perl (1923–2012), was the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Gutfarb, a teacher at the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem. He is one of six brothers and four sisters.〔"Tribute: Rebbetzin Perl Grossman, ''a"h''". ''Hamodia'', 15 March 2012, pp. C10–C13. Retrieved 1 April 2012.〕 He grew up in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem and attended Yeshivas Karlin.〔Marks, Yehudah. "The Shliach Tzibbur's Secret". ''Hamodia'', Israel News, 13 September 2012, p. A29.〕 An alumnus of Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Grossman received rabbinical ordination in 1966.〔 Desiring to do religious outreach in one of Israel's secular neighborhoods, he moved to the Lower Galilee town of Migdal HaEmek in 1968.〔〔 Migdal HaEmek was founded in 1953 to help absorb the mass aliyah of Sephardi Jewish immigrants from North Africa, Migdal HaEmek's population growth drastically outpaced its socioeconomic and educational infrastructure. With a shortage of jobs and dearth of schools, the town was plagued by widespread crime and alcohol and drug abuse. Grossman, looking every inch the Hasidic rabbi with his beard and sidelocks, embarked on a one-man campaign to rehabilitate Sephardi youth immersed in crime and drug use. He went straight to the pubs and discos where idle youth from distressed homes were hanging out and gained their trust with love and caring. In 1970 Israeli television dubbed him the "Disco Rabbi". In 1969, one year after his arrival, the town unanimously elected him Chief Rabbi of Migdal HaEmek, giving him lifetime tenure. At age 23, he was the youngest municipal Chief Rabbi in Israel. In 1972〔〔 Grossman founded the Migdal Ohr (Tower of Light) educational network to give children a loving and caring environment at the age of 6 or 7 so that they could circumvent the cycle of crime and drug abuse that plagued the town's teens and adults.〔 The year of its founding Migdal Ohr enrolled 18 students. Buy its second year it had doubled in size. Migdal Ohr now enrolls over 6,000 boys and girls in 15 high schools and elementary schools and seven daycare centers occupying a campus.〔 As of 2013, it had educated over 17,000 children;〔 one graduate, formerly a 12-year-old dropout, went on to become a member of Knesset.〔 Through his discussions with youth, Grossman found out that many children had a father or brother in prison.〔 In 1974 he initiated ''Shaked'' – Rehabilitation Through Religion, now operating in all Israeli prisons, which has reduced the recidivism rate of its participants to 20 percent. This program gives over 900〔 inmates, mostly jailed for drug-dealing and armed robbery, the choice to study in a prison kollel on a voluntary basis for three to four hours a day. Rabbis and teachers deliver ''shiurim'' (Torah classes) and build the prisoners' Torah knowledge, while at the same time mentoring the prisoners' families to prepare a new support system after release. Participants have one-third of their sentence reduced for good behavior. Hundreds of released inmates have become ''ba'alei teshuva'' (returnees to the faith) through this program and work as rabbis, Torah teachers, and kollel students. For his contribution, Grossman received the honorary title of ''Avi Ha'asirim'' (Father of the Prisoners) from the Israeli government, a title originally bestowed on Rabbi Aryeh Levin.〔"The Power of Spiritual Rehabilitation". ''Hamodia'', 13 February 2004, p. 10.〕 Grossman has been offered the position of Chief Rabbi of Israel twice, but declined both times in favor of continuing his outreach work in Migdal HaEmek.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yitzchak Dovid Grossman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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