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Moreh Dasrah Congregation Bais Yaakov, Union City, NJ
d. 28 Iyar, 2004 (5764)
The Rav was the official mohel at Staten Island Hospital for many years. Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Moriah Cemetery
685 Fairview Avenue
Fairview (Bergen), NJ 07022
(201) 943-6163
Unconfirmed

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Chief Rabbi New Brunswick, NJ
d. 20 Cheshvan, 1933 (5694)
Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Lodi, NJ

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Rav in Newark, NJ
d. 8 Teves, 1915 (5676)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Newark Jewish Cemetery
308 Grove Street
Newark, NJ 07103-1337
(973) 373-0144‎

Photo Credit: David Weider of  Williamsburg

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Moreh Dasrah Congregation Tiferes Zion, Newark, NJ
d. 23 Av, 1949 (5709)
The Rav was born in the town of Kobrin (a suburb of Grodno), his father who was of chasidic descent sent him to study at the yeshiva Lomsha and thereafter in Slabodka where he was considered a prize student of Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein.
The Rav [...]

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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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Nitra Rosh Hayeshivah
d. 6 Kislev, 1957
Rav Weissmandl who was better known as Reb Michael Ber was born in Debrecen, Hungary in 1903. In 1931 he entered the Nitra Yeshiva where he was considered a prize student of Rav Shmuel Dovid Unger, whose daughter he later married.
The Rav became known for his efforts to save the [...]

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Rosh Yeshiva Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (RIETS)
d. 1 Teves, 1953 (5714) Rosh Chodesh / Chanukah
Prior to his arrival in America the Rav was a R”M in the Yeshiva of Baranovitch.
Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Moriah Cemetery
685 Fairview Avenue,
Fairview (Bergen), NJ 07022
Unconfirmed

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Moreh Dasrah Agudath Shalom, Jersey City, NJ
d. 7 Adar II, 1948 (5708)
Full bio to be posted.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Riverside Cemetery
12 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-0930
(201) 843-7618

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Nirbator Rav
d. 17 Teves, 1983
The Rav’s father, Rav Aaron Teitelbaum, Hy”d (1881-1944) a grandson of Rebbe Eliezer Nisan Teitelbaum (1786-1855), Drohabitcher Rebbe was the Volover Rav. The Drohabitcher Rebbe was the son of the Yismach Moshe.
Washington Cemetery (Floral Park)
104 Deans Rhode Hall Rd
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
(Across from the Satmar Section)

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Yardonover Rav
d. 30 Av, 1959 (5719) Rosh Chodesh
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 Road
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
(Section: Bobov, Park Lane corner North Second Street)

Photo Credit: JM

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Rosh Yeshiva Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (RIETS)
d. 20 Adar, 1971 (5731)
The Rav was born in Ostrolenka, Poland and studied at yeshivos in Lomza and Slobodka where he was among the outstanding students of Rav Dovid Tavil Meltcher and Rav Raphael Volozhiner. He received semichah (ordination) from Rav Shimon Shkop and again, in this country from Rabbi [...]

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Rav in Lodi, NJ
d. 2 Av, 1958 (5718)
Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Moriah Cemetery
685 Fairview Avenue
Fairview (Bergen), NJ 07022
(201) 943-6163
Unconfirmed

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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 [...]

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Rosh Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim, Lithuania
d. 27 Adar, 1960 (5720)
The Rav a prolific writer, contributed many articles to the Hamaor Rabbinical Journal and was a big proponent of Kedushas Bais Haknesses (the sanctity of the synagogue) awareness. It should be noted that it was intended for the Rav to be reinterred in Eretz Yisroel, however to [...]

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Rav in New Jersey
d. 24 Sivan, 1948 (5708)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Riverside Cemetery
12 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-0930
(201) 843-7618
(Location: Needed)

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Moreh Dasrah Khal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ)
d. 3 Iyar, 1980
The Rav was born in 1882 in Papa, Hungary. His father Rav Shlomo Zalman a talmid of the Ksav Sofer was married to Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch, youngest daughter, Sophie. After Rav Hirsch passing in 1888, Rav Shlomo Zalman was selected to replace him as the Moreh [...]

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Rav in New Jersey
d. 16 Elul, 1959 (5719)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Riverside Cemetery
12 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-0930
(201) 843-7618
(Location: Needed)

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Rav in Lodi, NJ
d. 22 Elul, 1920 (5680)
The Rav was buried in Lodi, NJ
Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Needed

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Rav in New Jersey
d. 19 Kislev, 1966 (5727)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Riverside Cemetery
12 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-0930
(201) 843-7618

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Rav in New Jersey
d. 22 Nissan, 1992 (5752)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Riverside Cemetery
12 Market Street
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663-0930
(201) 843-7618

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Chief Rabbi of Brod, Galicia (Ukraine)
d. 23 Tammuz, 1987
Anyone with bio information is asked to send it in.
Washington Cemetery
104 Deans Rhode Hall Rd
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
(Bobover section, North Second Street corner Park Blvd. a few rows from the ohel)

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Chief Rabbi of Debrecen, Hungary
d. 2 Av, 1997
Anyone with information is asked to send it in.
Beth Israel Cemetery
US Highway 1
Woodbridge, NJ 07095

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Rav, Congregations Bnai Yaakov, Passaic, NJ
d. 15 Tammuz, 1920 (5680)
The Rav was buried in Lodi, NJ
Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Needed

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Chief Rabbi of Cimpulung, Bukovina (Romania)
d. 5 Adar, 1980
Rav Rubin served as the President and Chairman of the Agudas Israel and Agudath HaRabonim of Romania. The Rav also founded Geder Avos an organization dedicated to stop the destruction of Jewish cemeteries throughout Eastern Europe.
Washington Cemetery (Floral Park)
104 Deans Rhode Hall Rd
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
(Bobover [...]

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Rav in New Jersey
d. 23 Teves, 1922 (5682)
Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Moriah Cemetery
685 Fairview Avenue,
Fairview (Bergen), NJ 07022
Unconfirmed

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Chief Rabbi, Roselle, NJ
d. 4 Shevat, 1988 (5748)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Lebanon Cemetery – New Jersey
Gill Lane
Iselin, NJ 08830
732-283-1010

Photo Credit: Ira Sobel, Edison, NJ

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Rav in New York City
d. 26 Tammuz, 1927
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Union Field Cemetery
82-11 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
(Path X, Gate: 23)

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Moreh Dasrah Khal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ)
d. 13 Adar I, 1995 (Purim Katan)
Rav Shimon Schwab was born and grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His father was a longstanding members of the Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft (IRG), the Orthodox Jewish community that had established its own independence from the Reform Judaism-dominated general community. The IRG had been [...]

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Rav in New Jersey
d. 27 Tishrei, 1939 (5700)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Needed.

Photo Credit: David Weider of Williamsburg.

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Chakava Rav
d. 7 Shevat, 1981 (5741)
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 Road
Monmouth Junction (Deans), NJ 08852
(Section: Bobov, Park Lane corner North Second Street)

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