Rabbi Charlop born in 1929, was the grandson of the saintly Yerushalmi Gaon Rav Yaacov Moshe Charlop, a leading Jerusalem rabbi in the first half of the twentieth century, and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav in Jerusalem and disciple of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook.

He was the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Charlop, one of the leading rabbonim of the U.S.

Rabbi Charlop attended Yeshiva Salanter in the Bronx and Talmudical Academy, which would later be known as Yeshiva University High School for Boys. He earned degrees at Yeshiva College and Columbia University and was ordained at RIETS.

Rabbi Charlop resided in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, for most of his life, where he was the rabbi of the Young Israel of Mosholu Parkway for 54 years until the Shul was sold in 2015.

 Rabbi Charlop served as the Dean at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for four decades.

In May 2008, upon retirement, Rabbi Charlop received Yeshiva University's (YU) Presidential Medallion in recognition of his stewardship of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). Under his leadership of more than 35 years, the seminary experienced enormous growth, graduating thousands of rabbis, educators, and Jewish scholars.

In September 2008, Rabbi Charlop was honored for his extraordinary achievement in Torah learning and leadership as the seminary's dean at YU's RIETS Annual Dinner of Tribute. Sefer Zeved Tov, a collection of essays by Roshei Yeshiva and students in his honor, was published for this occasion. Additionally, Sefer Shefa Yamim, a collection of many of Rabbi Charlop's essays, was published in limited release for this occasion. As Dean Emeritus, Charlop continued to serve as one of RIETS’ masmichim — conferring semikhah on rabbinical candidates – and giving exit bechinos (academic exams), and maintained his special relationship with the Kollelei Elyon.

After his retirement, Rabbi Charlop remained dean emeritus and formally a special advisor on seminary affairs to the university’s president.

Rabbi Charlop served as president of the American Committee for the United Charities in Israel, General Israel Orphans Home for Girls in Jerusalem, and the National Council of Young Israel rabbis.

 He has authored numerous scholarly essays, including “The Making of Orthodox Rabbis” in Encyclopedia Judaica and “G-d in History and Halakha from the Perspective of American History.”

Beyond his administrative role, he stood out as a towering talmid chacham, a scholar, a lecturer in American history and a true tzaddik.

Rabbi Charlop died on January 16, 2024, at the age of 94 and was buried at the Har HaZeitim cemetery (Mount of Olives) in Jerusalem.

His survivors include two sons, Rabbi Alexander Ziskind Charlop and Rabbi Zev Charlop, and six daughters, Peshi Neuburger, Leebee Rochelle Becher, Annie Riva Charlop, Shoshana Schneider, Zipporah Raymon and Miriam Reiss. His wife, Judith, died in 1999.

 Information taken from the Wikipedia