Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky (June 23, 1899 – March 31, 1968)[1] was the Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York, and of Skverer Hasidism worldwide.
[2] Born in Ukraine,[3] Twersky was a Holocaust survivor.
[4] In 1950, he arrived in the United States and lived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
[5] In 1956, Twersky founded the first shtetl in the United States, the village of New Square in Rockland County, New York.
[6] After his passing, his son Rabbi David Twersky succeeded him as the grand rabbi of the Skverer Hasidim.