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Miadziol Illu
d. 5 Av, 1922 (5682)
Rav Gordon, the Chief Rabbi of Rochester accepted Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Josef’s invitation to serve on his Bais Din in New York City. The Rav was also a founding member of the Agudath HaRabonim.
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Chief Chaplin of Middle Town Hospital, New Jersey
d. 25 Tamuz, 2000
Rav Dershowitz prior to settling in Lakewood, NJ served as the Chief Rabbi of Newport News, VA and various cites in Wisconsin. The Rav was also widely known for the many weekly shuirem (lectures) he delivered.
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Chief Rabbi of Louisville, KY
d. 20 Sivan, 1932
Rav Zarchi was born in Kovno studied in Volozhin, both before and after his marriage. The Rav was ordained by Rav Yitzchok Elchonon Spector, Rav Yitzchok Meir of Slobodka, and Rav Chaim Segal of Yanova. In 1891, he settled in Brownsville, Brooklyn and soon after Des Moines, IA. [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Shavel, Lita (Lithuania)
d. 15 Sivan, 1957
Rav Levitan a prominent Moreh Dasrah in the Bronx was also the uncle of Rav Elazar Menachem Man Shach, the late Ponevezher Rosh 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 [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Odessa, Ukraine
d. 27 Tishrei, 1941
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
(Section: H9, Corner of Joshua and Franklyn Avenue)

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Chief Rabbi of Los Angeles, California
d. 14 Shevat, 1973
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Home of Peace Memorial Park Cemetery
4334 Whittier Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90023
(323) 261-6135
Anyone with bio info is asked to please send it in.

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Chief Rabbi of New Haven, CT
d. 26 Nissan, 1915
Rav Rosen was a founding member of the Agudath Harabonim.
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Directions to kever:
Bnai Israel Cemetery
55 Warner Street,
Hamden, CT 06514
(Row: 11, Grave: 7)
(203-389-2108)
(Part of a larger stone)

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Chief Rabbi of Szeged, Hungary
d. 1 Teves, 1991
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
(Congregation Beth Medrash HaGadol of East New York section)

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Chief Rabbi of Fall River, Massachusetts
d. 17 Iyar, 1943
Rav Lipschitz a member of the Agudath Harabonim served as Chief Rabbi in Fall River for close to 40 years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Notre Dame Cemetery
(Stafford Road Cemetery Section)
1540 Stafford Road
Fall River, MA 02721
(508) 673-1561

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Chief Rabbi of Hunyad, Romania
d. 3 Iyar, 1994
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth Moses Cemetery
Wellwood Ave
Farmingdale, NY 11735
(Alongside the Krasner ohel)

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Chief Rabbi of Portland, Maine
d. 2 Sivan, 1927
The Rav authored Nachal Avroham which includes a collection of droshos (lectures) he deliverer in Portland. In 1898 the Rav moved to Boston, MA where he remained until in passing.
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Directions to kever:
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Chief Rabbi New Brunswick, NJ
d. 20 Cheshvan, 1933 (5694)
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Directions to kever:
Lodi, NJ

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Chief Rabbi of Cincinnati, OH
d. 10 Tishrei, 1924 (Yom Kippur)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Schachnus (Beth Tefyla # 6) Cemetery
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati Association
1711 Sunset Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45238
(513) 961-0178
(Surrounded by a large white stone fence)

Photo credit Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati

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Moreh Dasrah Congregation Bnai Yaakov Providence, R.I.
d. 18 Elul, 1936 (5696)
Rav Schechter was the Chief Rabbi of Houston, Texas prior to arrival in Providence.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Lincoln Park Cemetery
Chesed Shel Emes Association
1469 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02888
(Section: Sons of Zion - 2G, corner [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Yugoslavia
d. 29 Kislev, 1978
The Rav was appointed to the Yugoslavian Senate by King Alexander of Yugoslavia.
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

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Chief Rabbi of Grand Forks, North Dakota
d. 15 Tishrei, 1934
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Montefiore Cemetery
N Columbia Road and Gateway Drive
Grand Forks, ND 58203

Photo Credit: Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein

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Chief Rabbi of Paterson, New Jersey
d. 11 Teves, 1953
The Rav also served as the Chief Rabbi of Bayonne, New Jersey.
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

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Chief Rabbi of Fall River, Massachusetts
d. 25 Nissan, 1989
Rav Lipschitz a member of the Agudath Harabonim served as Chief Rabbi of Fall River and Lynn, Massachusetts for many years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Notre Dame Cemetery
(Stafford Road Cemetery Section)
1540 Stafford Road
Fall River, MA 02721
(508) 673-1561

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Chief Rabbi of Tokaj, Hungary
d. 5 Elul, 2008 (5768)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Vizhnitzer Cemetery in Monsey, NY
RT. 306 (at the intersection of Brick Church Rd)
Spring Valley, NY 10977
(Right side of the cemetery, along the Rt. 306 wall)

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Chief Rabbi of Trenton, NJ
d. 10 Sivan, 1939 (5699)
The Rav who came to the United States in 1889 was a founding member of the Agudas Harabonim. After Trenton, he served in Providence, RI for close to 50 years.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Lincoln Park [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Memphis, Tennessee
d. 11 Nissan, 1951
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
(Far right corner of the cemetery at Madison and Benjamin Avenue, behind the ohel of the Chernobyler Rebbe)

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Chief Rabbi of Sorvosh
d. 19 Cheshvan, 1984
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Washington Cemetery (Floral Park)
104 Deans Rhode Hall Rd
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
(Satmar Section, next to the ohel of Rav Yechezkel Mertz)

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Chief Rabbi Haverhill, MA
d. 16 Elul, 1931
The Rav was in Haverhill until 1926, therafter he was installed as the Chief Rabbi of Akron, Ohio.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Bayside Cemetery
80-35 Pitkin Avenue
Ozone Park, NY 11417
212-874-7005
(Path V corner Path B, Enter at Path A, right on [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Worcester, MA
d. 17 Kislev, 1938
Rav Silver was a founding member of the Agudath Harabonim.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Worcester Hebrew Cemetery
Lamper Hill Road
Auburn, MA 01501
(Off Stafford Street, take Cemetery Road past Havana Road)

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Chief Rabbi of America
d. 12 Iyar, 1911
Rav Wderwitz, prior to his arrival in the United States was the Chief Rabbi of Moscow. The story goes that the Rav was once asked who made him Chief Rabbi of America to which he replied the sign painter.
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Chief Rabbi of Buffalo, NY
d. 18 Addar I, 1973
Rav Zuckerman was titled HaGoan MiBuffalo by all the Rabbonim who corresponded with him.
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
(Coner of Emanuel and Madison Avenues, toward the back left of [...]

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Moreh Dasrah Hungarian Congregation Ahavas Achim
d. 14 Tishrei, 1932
Rav Frankel before coming to New York City from Hungary served as the Chief Rabbi of McKeesport, and Scranton PA respectively.
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 [...]

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Chief Rabbi of Scranton and Lackawanna County
In 1911, Rav Guterman introduced a daily Gemara lecture, a concept that was unheard of  in the pre Daf Yomi days.
d. 6 Cheshvan, 1966
Dalton Jewish Cemetery
(Linden Section)
Shoemaker Rd
Dalton, PA 18414

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Tlusta Rav
d. 2 Sivan, 1947
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: 10, Reference: 2, Section: A-C, Line: 16, Grave: 51, Society: Anshe Dombrowa, along the road)

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President of the Agudath HaRabonim
d. 9 Shevat, 1968
Full bio to be posted.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Knesset Israel Cemetery
Anderson Ferry Road (corner Sidney Road)
Cincinnati, OH 45238
(Enter the cemetery at the main gate in the middle section to the left is Rav Silver’s tzion.)

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