was headed by Rabbi Aryeh Finkel (grandson of Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel and son of Rabbi Chaim Zev Finkel) until his passing on Aug. 9, 2016. His oldest son, Rabbi Binyomin Finkel, took over as Rosh Yeshiva. Present leadership Harav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva, 2011–Present; (Harav Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel's son) Harav Binyomin Finkel, Mashgiach; (Harav Aryeh Finkel's son) Harav Yitzchok Ezrachi, Rosh Yeshiva; (Harav Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz's son-in-law) Harav Binyomin Carlebach, Associate Rosh Yeshiva; (Harav Binyomin Beinush Finkel's son-in-law) Harav Nachman Levovitz, Associate Rosh Yeshiva; (Harav Binyomin Beinush Finkel's son-in-law) Harav Binyamin Gellis, Associate Rosh Yeshiva; (Harav Shuie Gellis's son) Harav Yisroel Glustein, Associate Rosh Yeshiva; (Harav Binyomin Beinush Finkel's son-in-law) Harav Asher Arieli, gives the largest Shiur in Mir Jerusalem. Mr. Adrian Garbacz, CEO of American Friends of Yeshiva D'Mir Past leadership Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva, 1917-1965; (Nosson Tzvi Finkel/The Alter of Slabodka's son and Eliyahu Boruch Kamai's son-in-law) Rabbi Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, Rosh Yeshiva, 1941-1979 Rabbi Nochum Partzovitz, Rosh Yeshiva, 1979-1986; (Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz's son-in-law) Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva, 1979 - 1990; (Eliezer Yehuda Finkel's son) Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva, 1990 - 2011; (Binyomin Beinush Finkel's cousin and son-in-law) Rabbi Aryeh Finkel, Mashgiach, ? - 2016; (son of Chaim Zev Finkel, Mashgiach ruchani) Rabbi Eliyahu Boruch Finkel, Maggid Shiur, ? - 2008; (Eliezer Yehuda Finkel's grandson) Rabbi Refoel Shmuelevitz, (son of Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz), Rosh Yeshiva, 1990-2016 Harav Aharon Chodosh, Mashgiach Ruchani, (Harav Chaim Zev Finkel's son-in-law), 2020 Notable alumni Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits, Rosh Kollel, Linus HaTzedek: Center for Jewish Values Ari Goldwag, singer-songwriter Aryeh Kaplan, philosopher Shulem Lemmer (born 1990), singer Baruch Levine, singer-songwriter David Lichtenstein Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, rabbi and historian See also Mir Yeshiva (Belarus) References Bibliography Toldot Yeshivat Mir, Zinowitz, M., Tel Aviv, 1981. External links The Mir Yerushalayim Website Reeva Kimble's "Brief History of the Jews of Mir" "Moving Plea by HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel to Get Rid of Cell Phones" The Mir Yeshiva before the Holocaust - Yad Vashem website Ashkenazi Jewish culture in Jerusalem Belarusian-Jewish culture in Israel Orthodox yeshivas in Jerusalem Educational institutions established in 1944 1944 establishments in Mandatory Palestine Jewish seminaries Mir Yeshiva