Background
Rabbi Doctor Yaacov Kopul Rosen was born on 4 November 1913, in Notting Hill, London.
Rabbi Doctor Yaacov Kopul Rosen was born on 4 November 1913, in Notting Hill, London.
He trained for the rabbinate in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in London and in the Mir Yeshiva in Lithuania. He was the rabbi of the Higher Crumpsall Synagogue in Manchester from 1938 until 1942. He became the Communal Rabbi of Glasgow in 1942 and in 1944 he was appointed the Principal Rabbi of the Federation of Synagogues in London.
All three sons became rabbis.
In 1948 Rosen decided to leave the rabbinate to devote himself to the promotion of Jewish education. In 1979 Rabbi Rosen"s second son, Rabbi Doctor Michael (Mickey) Rosen, founded the Jewish educational organization, Yakar, in memory of his father.
