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American Modern Orthodox Rabbi (born 1932)

Haskel Lookstein (born March 21, 1932) is an American Modern Orthodoxrabbi. He is Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where he served most his entire rabbinic career (1958–2015) He was also principal of the Ramaz School from 1966 through 2015.^[1]

Early years and personal life

Lookstein was born in 1932 to Joseph and Gerdie (Schlang) Lookstein in Manhattan.

His father was assistant rabbi at Kehilath Jeshurun at the time, and his mother was granddaughter of the senior rabbi, Rabbi Moses Zevulun Margolies.

As a child in the 1940s and 1950s, Lookstein would maintain a "shul scorecard", tracking the weather, the subject of his father's sermon, the details of any special occasions, and the number of congregants in attendance, which hovered in the 200s, depending on the subject of the sermon.^[2]

He married the former Audrey Katz on June 21, 1959.^&#