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
Rabbi Dovid Barkin
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
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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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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
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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
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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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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

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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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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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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
Elmont, NY 11003
→ 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)
→ 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:
Needed


Photo Credit: www.virtualjudaica.com.
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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

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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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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)

→ 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
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