# Bnei Brak <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">בְּנֵי בְּרַק</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Bnei Brak / B'nei Brak (Hebrew)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Tel Aviv District, Israel</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>32°05′N 34°50′E</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Bnei Brak was founded in 1924 by Polish Hasidic Jews led by Rabbi Yitzchak Gerstenkorn, and named after the ancient town near which Rabbi Akiva taught. It grew from an agricultural settlement into one of the world's foremost centers of Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish life, densely populated and organized around its many yeshivas, Hasidic courts, and rabbinical institutions. Adjoining Tel Aviv in the Dan metropolitan area, it is today among the most densely populated cities in Israel and a byword for its strictly observant character. <small>Sources: Wikipedia — Bnei Brak; Jewish Virtual Library — Bnei Brak.</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Moshe Simcha Berger (b.1911)]] | Died 03/04/1948 | | [[Chaya Rachel Kahana (b.1883)]] | Died 08/02/1968 | | [[Rivka Miriam Weiss (d.1980)]] | Died 03/03/1980 | | [[Chaim Yaakov Rottenberg (b.1909)]] | Died 05/30/1983 | | [[Baruch Reuven Jacobson (b.1991)]] | Born 09/16/1991 | | [[Baruch Reuven Raav (b.1998)]] | Born 05/24/1998 | | [[Moshe Fixler (b.1907)]] | Died 10/05/1998 | | [[Rachel Bluma Gitta Halperin (b.1998)]] | Born 10/20/1998 | | [[Roiza Rachel Tabak (b.1913)]] | Died 01/19/2001 | | [[Tzirel Weisz (b.2008)]] | Born 05/22/2008 | | [[Yehonatan Tzarfati]] | Born |