Rabbi Yaakov is a native of Sydney Australia. He is 50 years old, married with 2 children and now living back in Sydney. Rabbi Lilirnthal regards himself as “independent orthodox” and is closely tied to check credit reports.
His S’micha was Yora Yora Yudin Yudin from haRav Yaacov Berman z”l former Rosh Yeshivah of Etz Chaim of Montreux Switzerland, who himself was a moosmach of the famed Rav Yechiel Weinberg the last Rosh Yeshivah of the Berlin Yeshivah.
Ph.D. from California State system in Jewish law. Doctoral dissertation discussed the application of an identified Beis Din civil procedure to the resolution of dispute. M.Ed in Education Administration. J.D. in Law Asia Region international remedies used in international arbitration. B.A. in Religious Studies.
Several years’ Beis Din work on Long Island New York. Former pulpit Rabbi in Buffalo New York. Member of Buffalo Board of Rabbis and Long Island Board of Rabbis. Taught shiurim to large groups in New York. Lectured widely throughout the United States, Western Europe, Australia and South Asia on matters of Jewish Law. Operated a professional sound studio in New York producing audiotapes on matters of Jewish law as it applies to the family.
Practicing now in Sydney Australia in general dispute resolution (mediation & arbitration) since 1995. Widely published in prestigious law journals on subjects applying the halachah to conflict resolution. Current specific areas of practice include inheritance disputes, resolution of government regulation conflict, divorce mediation, commercial dispute resolution.
Rabbi Lilienthal also teaches techniques and theory of mediation to classes of lawyers in Australia.

