About Elyakim Schlesinger
Elyakim Schlesinger (Yiddish: אליקים שלעזינגער; 23 November 1921 – 4 February 2026) was an Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva in London. He was an international authority and served as the President, Chairman, and Head of the Rabbinical Board of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe. He was a grandson of Moreinu Jacob Rosenheim, one of the founders of World Agudath Israel. In the last few years of his life he held the title of 'world's oldest Rosh Yeshivah'. Schlesinger died in Stamford Hill, London on 4 February 2026, aged 104.
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