ended death_date successor birth_place title other_post nationality birth_date image article_title name began
1959 25 july 1959 3 december 1888 isser yehuda unterman Łomża , vistula land ashkenazi chief rabbi of israel chief -rrb- ashkenazi chief rabbi of the british mandate of palestine rabbi -lrb- 1936 -- 1948 -rrb- of the ireland -lrb- 1919 -- 1936 israel ireland yes 3 december 1888 yitzhak halevi herzog 1945 portrait.jpg yitzhak halevi herzog
 yitzhak halevi herzog 1948
yitzhak halevi herzog

yitzhak halevi herzog -lrb- hebrew : יצחק אייזיק הלוי הרצוג ; born 3 december 1888 -- died 25 july 1959 -rrb- , also known as isaac herzog , was the first chief rabbi of ireland , his term lasting from 1921 to 1936 .
from 1936 until his death in 1959 , he was ashkenazi chief rabbi of the british mandate of palestine and of israel after its independence in 1948 .
