High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rafael Halperin (born 1924 in Vienna, Austria) is a prominent Israeli Orthodox Jewish businessman and the author of religious books and an encyclopedia. In the 1950s, he worked in the United States as a professional wrestler in Vince McMahon Sr.'s Capitol Wrestling in the 1950s. He later became a Baal teshuva, embracing Orthodox Judaism. Born in Austria, Halperin moved to Israel with his family in 1933. The Halperin family moved to Bnei Brak the following year, and Rafael studied in Haifa and Jerusalem as a teenager. He also excelled in several athletic pursuits, including weightlifting and karate. He entered competitions and became the national champion in karate, boxing, and bodybuilding. He is also said to have been a skilled diamond cutter.