Albert Gabbai

Rabbi
Albert E. Gabbai
Personal
Born
Abraham Gabbai

1949 (age 74–75)
Cairo, Egypt
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYeshiva University
OccupationRabbi
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Joshua Toledano
PositionRabbi
SynagogueCongregation Mikveh Israel
Began1988
ResidencePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
SemikhahShehebar Sephardic Center

Rabbi Albert E. (Abraham) Gabbai is an American rabbi, serving as the rabbi of the Sephardic synagogue Congregation Mikveh Israel since 1988. Mikveh Israel was founded in 1740, and is the second-oldest active congregation in the United States.

Gabbai is a native of Cairo, Egypt. Following the Six-day War in 1967, Gabbai, who was 18 years old at the time, was arrested and sent to prison in Egypt for three years. After being released he went to France and then to the United States.