Yisroel Bernath

Yisroel Bernath
Born
Skokie, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)Rabbi, actor, screenwriter, podcaster
OrganizationChabad-Lubavitch
Spouse
Sara Dorfman
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(m. 2005)​
Children5
Websitetheloverabbi.com

Yisroel Bernath is an American Hassidic rabbi, actor, screenwriter[1] and podcaster active in Canada. Bernath is spiritual director at Chabad of NDG and the Jewish Chaplain at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] Coined by the Montreal Gazette as the "Love Rabbi"[3] and the "Hipster Rabbi" by Viceland,[4] he is a well-known matchmaker and relationship coach. He is the subject of the CBC Documentaries Kosher Love[5] and its sequel, Meet, Pray, Love: Return of the Love Rabbi.[6]

  1. ^ "Yisroel Bernath". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  2. ^ "Spiritual Director". www.jewishndg.com. Archived from the original on 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  3. ^ "Love Rabbi makes marriage work in Kosher Love, a documentary about Jewish matchmaking". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  4. ^ "Matty Matheson Eats Kosher with Montreal's Hipster Rabbi". www.vice.com. December 2016. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  5. ^ Beloff, Evan (2017-02-16), Kosher Love (Documentary, Short), Yisroel Bernath, Bunbury Films, retrieved 2020-12-31
  6. ^ "The Jewish Nomad: A documentary sequel starring the Love Rabbi explores Jewish matchmaking in a dangerous time". The Canadian Jewish News. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-01-01.