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Rabbi Simcha Binim Schatz (Szcekacz)

lizensk12 — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:22:38 +0000

Chief Rabbi, Polanco, Mexico City
d. 14 Tishrei, 1958 (5719) Erev Sukkos
The Rav a descendant of Rebbe Yechezkel of Kuzmir was born in Viersheva, Poland. After the War he moved to Israel and settled in Jerusalem. Upon the request of the Imrei Emes of Gur he moved to Mexico City.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Panteon Israelita (Cementero Ashkenazi)
Sur 138
Miguel Hidalgo, D.F. Mexico City
Mexico
Location: Needed
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Rabbi Naftali Gutstein

lizensk12 — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:25:43 +0000

Rav, New York
d. 19 Av, 1921 (5681)
The Rav who was a descendant of the Baal Shem Tov served in Ottynia, a small Galician town in Ukraine prior to arriving in New York.
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 Moshe Shmuel Shapiro

lizensk12 — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:25:24 +0000

Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin
d. 9 Cheshvan, 1962 (5723)
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 Naftali Menachem b. Yosef Zundel Hutner

lizensk12 — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:13:47 +0000

Member of the Vilna Bais Din
d. c. 1934
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Location: Needed

Rabbi Avroham Shmuel Dubitzky

lizensk12 — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:05:03 +0000

Rav, Chevra Kadisha Adath Jeshurun, Montreal
d. 10 Tammuz, 1944 (5704)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Back River Cemetery Memorial Gardens
Corner Berri and Sauve
Montréal, QC H3L, Canada
T:
Location: Needed
Note: Cemetery is managed by Baron de Hirsch and is located north-east of downtown Montreal north of the Trans Canada Highway (40) and east of St. Laurent Blvd. The older section is between Berri and Lajeunesse north of Sauve. The newer section is on the west side of Berri south of Sauve.
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Photo Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Rabbi Moshe Gitlin

lizensk12 — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:54:40 +0000

Rav, Congregation Bais Aaron V’Yisroel (Stoliner Shtibel), Detroit, MI
d. 27 Shevat, 1931 (5691)
Prior to Detroit the Rav served at the Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Windsor, ON Canada.
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Clover Hill Park Cemetery
Also known as Smith Street or Pole Town Cemetery
3607 West 14 Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073
T: (248) 549-3411
Location: Needed
Note: Cemetery is located on General Motors plant grounds, and is open only two days a year.
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Photo Credit: Aaron Housman, Lakewood, NJ

Torah Scrolls

lizensk12 — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:06:47 +0000

Photo Credit: San Francisco Public Library
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Please help identify the rabbonim / lay leaders in this picture. The picture appears to be taken as the torah scrolls were being moved to or from their temporary location on May 6, 1937. The sign in the back reads Temporary Headquarter of The Congregation Anshey Sfard [San Francisco, California].
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4. Rabbi Meir Tzvi Hirsch, San Francisco
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Rabbi Yaakov Eliezer Wohl

lizensk12 — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:32:41 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 20 Cheshvan, 1928 (5688)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Union Field Cemetery
8211 Cypress Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
T; 718-366-3748
Location: Section 17, on the hill apposite the kever of Rav Alter Shaul Pfeffer, along the Mount Judah Cemetery fence
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Photo Credit: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Ephraim Asher Rottenberg

lizensk12 — Fri, 04 May 2012 05:04:18 +0000

Rav, Los Angeles, CA
d. 16 Tammuz, 1996 (5756)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Agudas Achim Cemetery
1022 S Downey Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90023
T: (323) 653-8886 ask for Yossi Manela
Location: Right side of cemetery along side the Kosoner ohel.
Note: Front gate combination 7613 then push latch in
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Photo Credit: Sam Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Avoham Aryeh Schwartz

lizensk12 — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:31:53 +0000

Rav, Los Angeles, CA
d. 26 Cheshvan, 1951 (5712)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Agudas Achim Cemetery
1022 S Downey Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90023
T: (323) 653-8886 ask for Yossi Manela
Location: Right side of cemetery
Note: Front gate combination 7613 then push latch in
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Photo Credit: Sam Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Shalom Rubin

lizensk12 — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:04:11 +0000

Rav, New York City
d. 21 Teves, 1945 (4705)
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
T: (718) 366-5900
Location: Section: 2, Block: 1, Map: 12, Line: 9, Grave: 4, Society: Gemilath Chesed
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Rabbi Baruch Ben Tzion Rubenstein

lizensk12 — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:04:09 +0000

Rav, Los Angeles, CA
d. 28 Cheshvan, 1948 (5709)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Agudas Achim Cemetery
1022 S Downey Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90023
T: (323) 653-8886 ask for Yossi Manela
Location: Right side of cemetery
Note: Front gate combination 7613 then push latch in
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Photo Credit: Sam Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yitzchok Pinchos Ginsberg

lizensk12 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:06:10 +0000

Rav, Khilas Yitzchok, Los Angeles, CA
d. 26 Cheshvan, 1984 (5745)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Agudas Achim Cemetery
1022 S Downey Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90023
T: (323) 653-8886 ask for Yossi Manela
Location: Front right of cemetery
Note: Front gate combination 7613 then push latch in
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Photo Credit: Sam Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Abba Chaim Levinsohn

lizensk12 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:27:26 +0000

Chief Rabbi of Baltimore, MD
d. 23 Sivan, 1912 (5672)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
B’nai Israel Cemetery
3701 Southern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21214
Contact person: Neil Noble – 410-736-9245
Location: Needed
Note: The ohel is in extremely poor condition, caution should be exercised when approaching
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Yekusiel Zalmen Kruger (Krieger)

lizensk12 — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:28:23 +0000

Rav, Ohel Yakov Congregation, Baltimore, MD
d. 15 Cheshvan, 1919 (5680) Chanukah
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Ohel Yakov Congregation Cemetery
6700 Bowleys Lane
Rosedale, MD 21237
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchok Liebb

lizensk12 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:58:09 +0000

Rav, Beth Medrash Hagadol of Baltimore
d. 25 Kislev, 1940 (5701) Chanukah
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Congregation Cemetery
6300 Hamilton Avenue
Rosedale, MD 21237
Note: Enter from the Philadelphia Road entrance.
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Delegation of Rabbonim To Washington, 1925

lizensk12 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:04:03 +0000

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Rabbi Yehuda Yudel Idelson

lizensk12 — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:04:32 +0000

Rav, Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York City
d. 8 Shevat, 1943 (5703)
Among the communities the Rav served during his 40 year career was Denver, CO and Jersey City, NJ
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Zion Cemetery
59-63 54th Avenue (Off Maurice Avenue)
Maspeth, NY 11378
T: 718-335-2500
Location: Path: 13L, Society: Lubetz
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Photo Credit: Farshlufen, Brooklyn, NY

Delegation of Rabbonim To Washington, DC c.1912

lizensk12 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:29:17 +0000

Photo Credit: Needed
Please help us identify them:
1. Unknown child
2. Rav Yitschok Siegel, Bayonne, NJ
3. Rev Glushok, Washington, DC
4. Rav Avroham Alperstein, New York City
5. Rav Gedaliah Silverstone, Washington, DC
6. Rav Dovid Ginsburg, Wilkes-Barre, PA
7. Rav Elieser Silver, Harrisburg, PA
8. Rav Yaakov Redelheim, New York City
9. Unknown child

Rabbi Yonoson Zalmen Lubetzky

lizensk12 — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:05:32 +0000

Rav, Brooklyn, New York
d. 28 Adar, 1909 (5669)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Mount Zion Cemetery
59-63 54th Avenue (Off Maurice Avenue)
Maspeth, NY 11378
T: 718-335-2500
Location: Path: 13L, Society: Lubetz
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Photo Credit: Farshlufen, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Colton

lizensk12 — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:04:52 +0000

Rav, Montreal, Canada
d. 12 Shevat, 1950 (5710)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Baron de Hirsch – De la Savane Cemetery
5015 de la Savane
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 1V1
(514) 735-4696
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Traveling To Eastern Europe

lizensk12 — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:07:42 +0000

We are trying to put together a similar website for Eastern Europe so if you’re planning the trip kindly take pictures wherever you go and send them in. Keep in mind when taking a picture of a tombstone to try and get the full text as well as some surroundings for balance. Also remember to include the location.
Thank you,
Baruch A.

Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Rabinowitz

lizensk12 — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:21:50 +0000

Rav, Ohel Yaakov Congregation of Baltimore
d. 25 Adar I, 1940 (5700)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Ohel Yaakov Congregation Cemetery
6700 Bowelys Lane
Rosedale, MD 21237
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Moshe Berman

lizensk12 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:04:37 +0000

Rav, Los Angeles, CA
There are no markings on the tombstone other than “Rabbi Berman”, I am therefore assuming this in the same Rabbi Berman listed on the 1925 Agudath Harabonim roster as Rav Moshe b. Shraga Feivel Berman. Prior to Los Angeles Rav Berman served in Antopola a suburb of Horodna.
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Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Agudas Achim Cemetery
1022 S Downey Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90023
T: (323) 653-8886 ask for Yossi Manela
Location: North side, Ohel
Note: Front gate combination 7613 then push latch in
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Rebbe Meir Leifer

lizensk12 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:56:56 +0000

Clevelander Rebbe
d. 12 Nissan, 1941 (5701)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Agudas Achim Cemetery
1022 S Downey Rd
Los Angeles, CA 90023
T: (323) 653-8886 ask for Yossi Manela
Location: North side, Row: 56, Grave: 2, the Rebbe’s kever is gated off.
Note: Front gate combination 7613 then push latch in
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Rabbi Yitzchok Ben Tzion Isaacson

lizensk12 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:48:38 +0000

Rav, Beth Medrash Hagadol of Baltimore
d. 21 Av, 1931 (5691)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Congregation Cemetery
6300 Hamilton Avenue
Rosedale, MD 21237
Note: Enter from the Philadelphia Road entrance.
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Levin

lizensk12 — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:53:11 +0000

Rav, Baltimore, MD
d. 20 Kislev, 1887 (5648)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
B’nai Israel Cemetery
3701 Southern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21214
410-736-9245
(Ask for Neil Noble)
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Yaakov Dubrow

lizensk12 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:58:14 +0000

Rav, Cong. Kesher Israel, Washington D.C.
d. 1 Kislev, 1944 (5705) Rosh Chodesh
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
National Capital Hebrew Cemetery
4708 Fable Street
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Yaakov Rosenblat, Los Angeles, CA

Rabbi Simcha Garber

lizensk12 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:04:42 +0000

Rav, Montreal, Canada
d. 13 Tishrei, 1924 (5685)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Baron de Hirsch – De la Savane Cemetery
5015 de la Savane
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 1V1
(514) 735-4696
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Raphael Tzvi Epstein

lizensk12 — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:04:04 +0000

Rav, Montreal, Canada
d. 21 Elul, 1957 (5717)
Anyone with information is asked to please send it in. See CONTACT page for details.
Directions to kever:
Baron de Hirsch – De la Savane Cemetery
5015 de la Savane
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 1V1
(514) 735-4696
Location: Needed
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Photo Credit: Sam Schecter, Baltimore, MD