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1 Bobbi Malkin // Aug 16, 2016 at 10:54 pm
My great grandfather was Rabbi Ishaya Mayer Hurwitz who was born in 1863 and died in 1919. He was first buried at Waldheim but then the family moved his body to Israel to be buried at Mount Olives with his family.
2 Ruth // Mar 5, 2017 at 12:55 pm
My gandfather, Jacob Hirsch was one of the brothers of Mayer Hirsch. Since my father< Aaron passed away 21 years ago, he took his history with him. I live in the By Area and would love to know any history or information that anyone may have.
Thank you so Much,
Ruth Hirsch Josa
3 Moshe Gobioff // Mar 13, 2017 at 10:42 pm
Hi,
I was in Omaha Nebarska a few weeks ago and tried to find the Kever of Reb Tzvi Hersh Grodzeski,
I was unable to locate it can you provide me with more info as to the location in the cemetary.
Thank You,
Moshe Gobioff
4 Maxine Kravitz // May 28, 2017 at 4:02 am
Harav Yehoshua Herschel Rabinowitz
Manastritvher Rebbe
26 Nissan / April 27, 1938
Interred at Montefiore Cemetery
Springfield Gardens, Queens, N.Y.
Block 9, Gate 313/W, Lane O
5 Maxine Kravitz // Jun 5, 2017 at 12:00 pm
I am looking for information about Yoel Zussman ben Dovid Tzvi interred at Washington Cemetery in Jersey.
6 YD Miller // Jun 6, 2017 at 4:31 pm
Maxine,
Reb Yoel Zussman Mertz, here is his grave:
http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=746016#p746016
His wife:
http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1130322#p1130322
And his famous son the Rebbe, Reb Yechezkel Mertz:
http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=746021#p746021
What information are you looking for?
7 tzvi // Jul 23, 2017 at 4:54 am
does anyone know of any guides in Lithuania thank you.
8 tzvi // Jul 23, 2017 at 4:54 am
does anyone know of any guides in Lithuania.
9 David Hamm // Feb 4, 2018 at 2:47 pm
Rabbi Alter Shaul Pfeffer, Rav of Beis Medrash Hagadol Anshei Ungarin, lived at 112 Avenue C in NYC, and was the Mechaber (in 1923, l’misparam) of Shaalos UtShuvos Avnei Zikaron, available on disk from Hebrew Books Org.
10 anna calisse // Feb 22, 2018 at 12:12 am
For a copy of the letter written to Alberto Calisse,
Send me an address where it can be mailed
11 Moshe Escott // Apr 20, 2018 at 9:54 am
re: http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-moshe-salid/comment-page-1/#comment-480544
The following Rosh Hashana greeting for 5702 (late 1941) was printed by my great-grandfather Moshe Soled of Jersey City in honor of his nephew Rabbi Soled’s installation.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ RfaHxsZZYr7DZkZh2
The wording in this greeting, in addition to the help of a few other people, helped to identify additional people in the photo mentioned above. Apparently, in addition to Rabbi Soled’s relatives, there were many rabbanim present who had been either on the hanhalla of the Radin yeshiva or had been talmidim there – Rabbi Soled learned in Radin for many years.
In the center of the dais (behind the challah): Rav Mendel Zaks zt”l – SIL of the Chofetz Chaim – Rosh Yeshiva at Radin in Europe and in the USA – בוחן at RIETS – he, like Rabbi Soled, had been able to come to the USA in 1941 via Kobe, Japan.
To the right of Rabbi Zaks in the picture is Rabbi Soled.
The rabbi with the trimmed beard to Rabbi Soled’s right is Rabbi Mordechai Landynski – his father was Rav Moshe Landynski zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva in Radin for many years – after arriving in the USA, R. Mordechai was involved in the Vaad HaHatzala in addition to being a rav in Brooklyn and serving as a rosh yeshiva at the Chofetz Chaim yeshiva in NY (I believe CC/Rav Zaks and not CC/Rav Leibowitz).
To the right of Rabbi Landynski is Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Poupko who learned in Radin and eventually became the menahel of Yeshivas Toras Chaim elementary school in East New York (a predeccesor of South Shore).
It was initially hard to identify Rav Mendel Zaks since his face is turned but I received a positive confirmation of his identity via a descendant of his.
12 Moshe Escott // Apr 20, 2018 at 9:56 am
Sorry – the correct photo link above should be https://photos.app.goo.gl/RfaHxsZZYr7DZkZh2
13 Moshe Escott // Apr 23, 2018 at 9:02 am
(this post pertains to http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-moshe-salid/ but for some technical reason it wasn’t getting to that page correctly)
The following Rosh Hashana greeting for 5702 (late 1941) was printed by my great-grandfather Moshe Soled of Jersey City in honor of his nephew Rabbi Soled’s installation.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ RfaHxsZZYr7DZkZh2
The wording in this greeting, in addition to the help of a few other people, helped to identify additional people in the photo mentioned above. Apparently, in addition to Rabbi Soled’s relatives, there were many rabbanim present who had been either on the hanhalla of the Radin yeshiva or had been talmidim there – Rabbi Soled learned in Radin for many years.
In the center of the dais (behind the challah): Rav Mendel Zaks zt”l – SIL of the Chofetz Chaim – Rosh Yeshiva at Radin in Europe and in the USA – bochein at RIETS – he, like Rabbi Soled, had been able to come to the USA in 1941 via Kobe, Japan.
To the right of Rabbi Zaks in the picture is Rabbi Soled.
The rabbi with the trimmed beard to Rabbi Soled’s right is Rabbi Mordechai Landynski – his father was Rav Moshe Landynski zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva in Radin for many years – after arriving in the USA, R. Mordechai was involved in the Vaad HaHatzala in addition to being a rav in Brooklyn and serving as a rosh yeshiva at the Chofetz Chaim yeshiva in NY (I believe CC/Rav Zaks and not CC/Rav Leibowitz).
To the right of Rabbi Landynski is Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Poupko who learned in Radin and eventually became the menahel of Yeshivas Toras Chaim elementary school in East New York (a predeccesor of South Shore).
It was initially hard to identify Rav Mendel Zaks since his face is turned but I received a positive confirmation of his identity via a descendant of his.
14 Yosef // May 28, 2018 at 10:28 pm
If someone needs a guide to Lithuanian kevarim, I have been to many kevarim in Lithuania, Latvia, and Belarus, and I also have contact info of someone in Belarus who can arrange a tour, or just help you find kevarim.
you can reach me at yossavvy58@gmail.com
15 ellen friedman // Jun 20, 2018 at 1:34 am
my great grandfather was Rabbi Chaim Mechel Greenberg. He bought a section of this cemetery and the area is known as the Greenberg Lodge. My father, Mishel Greenberg z”tl passed away 2 months ago. He was named after Chaim Mechel. You can find more information on him by googling his name. He was instrumental in starting a yeshiva in Hevron and helping communites in Tiveriya and tzfat. He also established a synagogue on 34th west 119st in new york.
16 יודל // Jul 9, 2018 at 2:27 pm
how could I get the old comments um looking for something what I saw today I don’t remember wich
17 יודל // Jul 9, 2018 at 2:28 pm
about a letter for yeshiva aitz cahim looking for a chosen vos is a shomer shabes
18 Shoshana Friedman // Sep 30, 2018 at 2:07 am
We are looking for the kever of my great grandfather Aryeh leib Nachomovsky /nachison. We are told he’s from Albany and buried in that area.can you help us locate the kever?
19 Michal // Oct 15, 2018 at 8:26 am
Looking for anyone with information or documents regarding the inheritors of Rav Shmuel Salant’s properties in Israel.
20 yaakov // Jan 13, 2019 at 1:54 pm
R’ Avrohom Zalman Kurtz was the son of R’ Yitzchak Eizik and Chaya Devora from Soprasale (near Bialastok). learned in bialastok then in Radin by the Chafetz Chaim then in Kovno. I found conflicting info about exact date of death. 1 sefer has rosh chodash iyar, and 1 has rosh chodesh av. please let me know if you have an accurate date.
21 yaakov // Jan 14, 2019 at 12:59 pm
I came across newspaper article announcing R’ Avrohom Zalman Kurtz’s death on April 30 1949 – which was rosh chodesh Iyar. they write he was 70 years old.
22 Me llamo Diego Hernán Negnevitzky // Feb 2, 2019 at 1:44 pm
En Google ví que un Rabino Abraham Negnevitzky, fallecido en 1953, vivió en New York.
Como siempre pensamos que no hubo familiares nuestros fuera de Buenos Aires, a pesar de haberlos buscado durante visitas a Israel, y siendo tan particular nuestro apellido, nos gustaría saber si hay descendientes del Rabbi, para comunicarnos con ellos.
Gracias!
(Translation: In Google I saw that a Rabbi Abraham Negnevitzky, who died in 1953, lived in New York.
As we always thought that there were no relatives of ours outside of Buenos Aires, despite having sought them during visits to Israel, and our surname being so particular, we would like to know if there are descendants of the Rabbi, to communicate with them.
Thank you!)
23 Chana Gotlieb // May 8, 2019 at 10:06 pm
Is it possible to get the photo of Rabbi Henkin and Rabbi Feinstein in high resolution?
Also, what’s the source to the fact that he was a direct decsendant of Rabbi Chaim of Volozin?
24 Yaakov // May 31, 2019 at 11:18 am
could you profile Rav Dovid Walabrinski, grandson of the Oruch Hashulchan?
http://bp3.blogger.com/_Tw42_5chsqg/RpIjT0tQTpI/AAAAAAAAAIs/y_ZrAzU1q9w/s1600-h/Title+page+2+Aruch+HaShulchon.jpg
He’s buried in Riverside Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93330959/david-walabrinski
25 Moshe Escott // May 31, 2019 at 4:16 pm
Yaakov,
Looks like he’s already on the site here: http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-yosef-chaim-dovid-wolobrinsky/
Also see this interesting page on him: http://forum.otzar.org/viewtopic.php?t=16113
26 Y. Werner // Aug 4, 2019 at 9:17 am
Does anyone have any info. about students of the Chasam Sofer that came to America?
(besides for Rabbi Yissachar Dov Illowy)
Have been hearing about one buried in upstate NY?
thanks
27 Oscar Israelowitz // Jan 13, 2020 at 8:20 pm
I would like you to send me a map indicating the exact location of Rav Yaakov Joseph in your cemetery.
Thank you.
28 Leib Gellmanoff // Apr 22, 2020 at 6:52 pm
Rabbi Avraham Ovsovitz of Philadelphia died of the Spanish flu in 1918. We went to tend to a sick congregant. The congregant survived, but Rabbi Ovsovitz was infected and passed away. 100 years later we are again impacted by a pandemic.
http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-avroham-yitzchok-ovsovitz/
29 Moshe // May 24, 2020 at 9:11 pm
I have been looking for the grave of R. Yizchak Benyamin Shevach, he was a Rosh Yeshiva in Ruzhanoy, Volkovysk, and Brisk. I believe he was buried in the Tiferes Yerushalyim section of Union Field Cemetery. He likely died in the 1920s. Any ideas?
30 Stephen Gliksman // Jul 19, 2020 at 1:00 am
My grandfather, Rabbi Gliksman was a famous international lawyer in the 30’s, living in Berlin Germany. He was orthodox of the Kohen tribe.
He took Julius Streicher to court (Hitler’s legal chief) in 1933 and won the case.
The case took place in Poland, as Germany was being taken over by Hitler, but Poland was still free.
He wrote a book about it and it’s in the library of congress and sold on Amazon,
“My day in court with Julius Streicher”
Naturally Hitler put him and his family on the black list, so they escaped and settled in Poland, until 1939 when they got on the last boat to England, right before the war broke out.
6 months later they made it to the US.
My grandfather died before I was born, but my father told me many stories about him. He was a great man, who helped many Jewish people escape and also helped Franklin Rosevelt.
31 Oran Zweiter // Jul 27, 2020 at 5:17 pm
Hi All I am writing a paper on R’ Yosef Moshe Aaronsohn. Does anyone have information re him being forced to leave NY and the controversies surrounding it?
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