Jacob Bosniak (December 1, 1887 – August 25, 1963) was a Russian-born American rabbi from Brooklyn, New York City.
He then went to the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in New York City, where he received semikhah in 1906.
[2] In 1921, Bosniak became rabbi of Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in Brooklyn, New York.
He also published Interpreting Jewish Life: The Sermons and Addresses of Jacob Bosniak in 1944 and a critical edition The Commentary of David Kimhi on the Fifth Book of Psalms in 1954.
[3] Bosniak was a member of the Synagogue Council of America, an auxiliary chaplain of the Ellis Island Coast Guard Station,[4] a board member of Israel Zion Hospital, president of the Zionist Organization of America, District 42, a member of the New York Board of Rabbis,[5] principal of the Hebrew Sunday Schools of the Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, chaplain of the U.S. Marine Hospital, and a member of the New York Board of Jewish Ministers, the American Academy of Jewish Research, and the Academy of Jewish Studies for Adults.