Rabbi Yehudah Nesi'a (I)

R. Yehudah Nesi'a was the last Nasi to be both leader of the Academy and of the Jewish community in Palestine. Grandson of R. and son of Rabban Gamliel III, he emerged as a powerful leader at a difficult time. Mistrust of the aristocratic and lenient ways of the academy were growing, such that R. Yehudah often quelled challenges from within.