Yisroel Aryeh Zalmanowitz (December 29, 1916–June 23, 2003) was a Ashkenazi rosh yeshiva in Bursha before the Holocaust. After the Holocaust he was one of the Rabbis of Bergen-Belsen. Later in Israel, he was Chief Rabbi of Acre and the Rabbi of Kiryat Sanz.^[1]

Zalmanowitz was born on December 29, 1916, in Kechnia, Austria-Hungary (now Bogdan Vodă, Romania). His father was Rabbi Shemuel Nuta.^[1][2]

In his youth, Zalmanowitz studied in several yeshivas in Transylvania, including Vișeu de Sus and Cluj, where he became one of the most prominent disciples of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam.^[1]

Rabbi Zalmanowitz married in 1941 as was appointed one of the Roshei Yeshiva in Borșa (Bursha).

Rabbi Zalmanowitz survived the Holocaust and was liberated in Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945. He was appointed to be one of member rabbis of the bais din in Bergen-Belsen^[3] and together with the other rabbis was instrumental in permitting numerous agunot to remarry.^[1]

Rabbi Zalmanowitz was also appointed to be one of the member Rabbis of the Vaad Harabonim of The British Zone, which was established and led by Rabbi Yoel Halpern.^[4]

Rabbi Zalmanowitz emigrated to Israel and in the early 1960s became the Chief Rabbi of Acre. Additionally, he was appointed Rabbi of Kiryat Sanz.^[1][5]

Rabbi Zalmanowitz died on June 23, 2003, and was buried in Petah Tikva.^[1]

Rabbi Zalmanowitz's first wife and their daughter were murdered in Auschwitz in 1944. After the Holocaust,^[1] Rabbi Zalmanowitz remarried and had three sons and three daughters. One of his sons-in-law is Rabbi Asher Weiss.^[6][7]