Editing Yaakov Aryeh Alter (section)

{{Short description|Israeli rabbi}}
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{{Infobox rebbe
| honorific-prefix = Rabbi
| name = Yaakov Aryeh Alter<br>יעקב אריה אלתר
| title = Gerrer Rebbe, March 1996 to the present
| image = GerrerRebbe.JPG
| caption = Alter as ''[[Sandek]]'' at a [[bris milah]]
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| birth_name = Yaakov Aryeh Alter
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| predecessor = [[Pinchas Menachem Alter]]
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| dynasty = [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)|Ger]]
| father = [[Simcha Bunim Alter]]
| mother = Yuta Hena Alter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|5|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Łódź]], Poland
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'''Yaakov Aryeh Alter''' ({{langx|pl|Jakub Arie Alter}}, {{langx|he|יעקב אריה אלתר}}, born 18 May 1939) is the eighth, and current, [[Rebbe]] of the [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] dynasty of [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)|Ger]], a position he has held since 1996. He lives in [[Israel]], and has followers there and in the [[United States]], [[Europe]], and [[Canada]]. He is a member of the Presidium of the [[Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah]] of [[Agudath Israel of Israel|Agudath Israel]].