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Rabbi Dovid Barkin

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

R”M Telshe, Cleveland, Ohio
d. 29, Kislev, 2006 (5767) Chanukah
Rav Barkin was a son-in-law of Rav Eliyahu Meir Bloch.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Olive Cemetery
27855 Aurora Rd
Solon, OH 44139
(440) 248-5100
(Near the ohel of Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch)

Photo Credit: Jack Mueller, Lakewood, NJ

→ No CommentsTags: Cleveland, OH · Ohio · Rosh Yeshiva

Rabbi Shlomo Tuvia Jaffe

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Rav in New York City
d. 16 Sivan, 1927 (5687)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
New Mount Carmel Cemetery
66-02 Cooper Avenue
Glendale NY 11385
(Section: 2, Block: 5, Line: 5, Grave: 23, Society: Glory of Israel)
Tombstone fell over.
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→ No CommentsTags: Mount Carmel Cemetery, NY · Needs Repair · New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Unknown

Rabbi Baruch Jaffe

September 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments

Rav, Pittsburgh, NY
d. 17 Iyar, 1943 (5703)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Shaare Torah Congregation Cemetery
827 Stewart Avenue (Carrick Section of the City)
Pittsburgh, PA 15227
(Location: Center, H)

Photo Credit: Rich Boyer, Pittsburgh, PA

→ 2 CommentsTags: Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · Unknown

Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi Zahler

August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Rav, Pittsburgh, PA
d. 18 Adar I, 1943 (5703)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Shaare Torah Congregation Cemetery
827 Stewart Avenue (Carrick Section of the City)
Pittsburgh, PA 15227
(Location: Center, H)

Photo Credit: Rich Boyer, Pittsburgh, PA

→ 1 CommentTags: Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · Unknown

Rabbi Pinchos Markowitz

August 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Rav, Providence, RI
d. 6 Nissan, 1907 (5667)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Lincoln Park Cemetery
1469 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02888
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→ No CommentsTags: Lincoln Park Cemetery · Providence, RI · Rhode Island · Unknown

Rabbi Yisroel Markowitz

August 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Rav, Syracuse, New York
d. 11 Av, 1955 (5715)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Mount Sinai Cemetery
Poiley Tzedek Cemetery Section
East Colvin Street and Jamesville Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 446 5858

→ No CommentsTags: NY · New York · Syracuse, NY · Upstate New York

Rabbi Yosef Leib Kaplan

August 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Rav, Bais Medrash Hagadol of Pittsburgh
d. 1 Elul, 1952 (5712) Rosh Chodesh
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Beth Hamedrash Hagadol-Beth Jacob Cemetery
34 Rosamond Street (off Vine Street)
McKees Rocks, PA, 15136

→ 2 CommentsTags: Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA

Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) Rosenberg

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments

President of the Agudath HaRabonim
d. 13 Shevat 1956 (5716)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Mount Lebanon Cemetery
7800 Myrtle Ave
Glendale, NY 11385
(Block: Park Block, Section: 39, along Bethel Avenue on the left side.)
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→ No CommentsTags: Mount Lebanon Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY

Rabbi Hillel Weiss

August 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Rav, Congregation Mogen Avroham Anshe Dukler
d. 3 Tishrei, 1954 (5715)
Rav Weiss was also the menahel (principal) of Yeshiva Rabbeinu Yaakov Yosef (RJJ) on the Lower East Side for many years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Mount Hebron Cemetery
130-04 Horace Harding Expressway
Flushing, NY 11367
(Block: 70, Gate: 10, Section: F/G, along the road)
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→ No CommentsTags: New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Rosh Yeshiva · Unknown

Rabbi Elchonon Tzvi (Henry) Guterman

August 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Chief Rabbi of Scranton and Lackawanna County
d. 6 Cheshvan, 1966 (5227)
Rav Guterman introduced a daily Gemara Shiur (lecture) in 1911 which ran for over 50 years, a ground breaking concept here in the United States at that time.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Dalton Jewish Cemetery
Shoemaker Road
Dalton, PA 18414
(Section: Linden, up the hill on the right side.)

→ 1 CommentTags: Chief Rabbi · Pennsylvania · Scranton, PA

Rabbi Yehoshua Herschel Singer

August 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Baal Mishna Zikaron of Buffalo
d. 8 Teves, 1925 (5685)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
(Near the) Ahavas Shalom Jeferson Shul Cemetery
Pine Ridge Heritage Blvd and Maryvale Drive
Buffalo, NY 14225

→ 2 CommentsTags: Buffalo, NY · New York · Upstate New York

Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Sokol

August 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Rav, Vernon Avenue Shule, Brooklyn, NY
d. 17 Cheshvan, 1934 (5695)
Rav Sokol a student of Rav Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk received rabbinical ordination from him. Prior to his moving to New York the Rav stopped in LA where he headed a yeshiva.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
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→ 1 CommentTags: Beth David Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Rosh Yeshiva

Rabbi Chaim Alter Friedman

August 17th, 2010 · 8 Comments

 Moreh Dasrah Congregation Bris Shalom Yitzchok, NYC
d. 28 Tamuz, 1930 (5690)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Hebron Cemetery
130-04 Horace Harding Expressway
(Main Street Cemetery in Kew gardens Hills)
Flushing, NY 11367
(Block: 9, Reference: 21, Section: H, along the road)

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→ 8 CommentsTags: Mt. Hebron (Main Street) Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY

Rabbi Nissan Markel

August 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Baal Binas neVonim
d. 5 Shevat, 1947
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

(Near the) Ahavas Shalom Jeferson Shul Cemetery
Pine Ridge Heritage Blvd and Maryvale Drive
Buffalo, NY 14225

→ 2 CommentsTags: Buffalo, NY · New York · Unknown · Upstate New York

Rabbi Dov Ber Kaminetsky

August 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Rav, Pittsburgh, PA
d. ??????
Rav Kaminetsky delivered a moving eulogy for Rav Shmuel Salant in Pittsburgh on 5 Elul, 1909, a few days after his passing.
Anyone with information is asked to  please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
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Photo Credit:  www.virtualjudaica.com.

→ No CommentsTags: Mystery · Pennsylvania · Pittsburgh, PA · Unknown

Rabbi Eliezer Elimelech Zambrowsky

August 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Rav,  Syracuse, New York
d. 11 Cheshvan, 1931 (5692)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Mount Sinai Cemetery
Poiley Tzedek Cemetery Section
East Colvin Street and Jamesville Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 446 5858

Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

→ 5 CommentsTags: New York · Syracuse, NY · Unknown · Upstate New York

Rav Tzvi Yaakov b. Rav Shimon Epstein

August 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Rav, Congregation Beth Hakneses Hachodosh, Rochester, NY
d. ?? Shevat, 1910 (5670)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Britton Road Cemetery
188 Britton Road
Rochester, NY 14616-3324
(585) 663-6937

Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

→ 5 CommentsTags: New York · Rochester, NY · Unknown · Upstate New York

Rabbi Yaakov Eliyahu Rabinowitz

August 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Rav, New York
d. 15 Adar II, 1943 (5703)  Shushan Purim
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Location: Needed

→ 3 CommentsTags: Mystery

Rabbi Aryeh Leib Krupinsky (Cooper)

August 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Moreh Dasrah of Bais Medrash HaGadol of Brownsville
d. 27 Av, 1929 (5689)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Carmel Cemetery Section One
83-45 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale NY 11385
(Section: 1, Block: E, Map: 7, Line: 5, Grave: 20)

→ 1 CommentTags: Mount Carmel Cemetery, NY · New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Unknown

Rabbi Shalom Barishansky

August 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Rav, Bronx, NY
d. 13 Teves, 1987 (5647)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Old Mount Carmel Cemetery
83-45 Cypress Hills Street
Glendale NY 11385
(Section: 1, Block: E, Map: 39, Line: 12, Grave: 7, Society: HOMLER BROTHERS OLD)

→ 2 CommentsTags: Mount Carmel Cemetery, NY · New York · Queens / L.I., NY

Rabbi Moshe Berman

August 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Rav, Rochester, New York
d. 23 Iyar, 1943 (5703)
The Rav moved to Rochester from Russia and was a member of the Agudath Harabonim.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Britton Road Cemetery
188 Britton Road
Rochester, NY 14616-3324
(585) 663-6937

Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

→ 2 CommentsTags: New York · Rochester, NY · Unknown · Upstate New York

Rabbi Avroham Yehuda Libin

August 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Shklover Illui
d. 13 Sivan, 1934 (5693)
The Rav who was involved with Yeshivas Tiferes Jerusalem (MTJ) was a student in the famed Volozhiner Yeshiva.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Mount Judah Cemetery Section One
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Location: Lebanon Road and Sinai Avenue, Section V:1, along the Union Field Cemetery fence)
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→ 1 CommentTags: Mount Judah Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Unknown

Rebbe Baruch Bentzion Twersky

August 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Loyev Chernobyler Rebbe
d. 22 Elul, 1945 (5705)
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Wellwood Cemetery
Wellwood Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(Agudath HaAdmorim Section on South Avenue)
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→ 2 CommentsTags: Admorim · Chernobyl · New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Wellwood Cemetery

Rabbi Pinchos Eliezer Ravid

August 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Rav in Toronto, Canada
d. 2 Elul, 1945 (5705)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Roselawn Avenue Cemetery
619 Roselawn Avenue
Toronto ON, Canada
(To the left of the Krakover Toronto Rebbe’s ohel)
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→ 1 CommentTags: Canada · Toronto, ON

Rabbi Yisroel Klein

July 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Moreh Dasrah Congregation Schulchan Uhrech Anshe Kutno
d. 9 Cheshvan, 1939 (5700)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Mount Judah Cemetery Section Two
81-14 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Block: 9, Gate: 9, Left side along Main Road second gate after Emanuel Avenue)
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→ 5 CommentsTags: Mount Judah Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY · Unknown

Rabbi Yitzchok Meir Meyerowitch

July 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Chief Rabbi Turkestan (Tashkent), Uzbekistan (Russia)
d. 4 Teves, 1937 (5697)
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
Elmont, NY 11003
(718) 343-4000
Location: Needed

→ 1 CommentTags: Beth David Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Neiman

July 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Rav, Belzer Kehila, Montreal, Canada
d. 7 Shevat, 2007 (5767)
Prior to his arrival in Montreal the Rav served in Pupa, Hungary he was therefore referred by many as the Pupa Rav of Montreal. Sadly he died without children.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Kiryas Pupa Cemetery
340 Illington Rd.
Ossining (Westchester), NY 10562
(Look for sign on the left side Y.K.Y. Pupa.)
Location: Near the ohel

→ 5 CommentsTags: New York · Upstate New York

Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kelman

July 27th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Rav, Toronto, Canada
d. 16 Kislev, 1936 (5697)
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
6033 Bathurst Street
Toronto (North York), ON, Canada
(416) 223-1373

Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

→ 6 CommentsTags: Canada · Toronto, ON

Rabbi Yitzchok Waltman

July 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments

M”D Bais Hamedrash Anshe Knesses Yisroel, Boro Park, Brooklyn
d. 30 Shevat, 1937 (5697) Rosh Chodesh Adar
The Rav who hailed from Minsk wrote Siach Yitzchok (Brooklyn, 1926) a compendium of original thought on the Pentateuch.
Anyone with information is asked to send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Beth David Cemetery
300 Elmont Road
Elmont, NY 11003
(718) 343-4000
Location: Needed

Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

→ 3 CommentsTags: Beth David Cemetery · New York · Queens / L.I., NY

Rabbi Ezriel Yehuda Liebowitz

July 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Hodhahzer Rav
d. 1 Tishrei, 1991 (5752) Rosh Hashanah
The Rav upon his arrival to these shores settled on Manhattan’s West Side, where he opened a Bais Medrash. Soon after the passing of Rav Yonoson Steif he was asked to lead the Vienner Kehillah in New York which he faithfully served for close to 30 years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:

Beth Israel Cemetery
US Highway 1
Woodbridge, NJ 07095

Photo Credit: Jack Mueller, Lakewood, NJ

→ 3 CommentsTags: Beth Israel Cemetery · Chief Rabbi · New Jersey