Yaakov Baruch (born November 14, 1982) is a leading Rabbi of the Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue, located in Tondano, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi.

[2][3] Yaakov Baruch decided to convert to Judaism after his mother's next-door grandmother told him that he had Jewish ancestry.

When Yaakov Baruch decided to embrace Judaism, the religion of his ancestors, there was no opposition at all from his parents.

Yaakov Baruch then traced his family tree and found out that he had Jewish ancestry.

His great-grandfather from his mother's line was Elias van Beugen who was a Dutch Jewish immigrant.