Comments on: Rabbi Avroham Yosef Ash

By: D Popper

D Popper — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:10:07 +0000

Check Lubetkin.net for Hannah Garfunkel born 1860. She was the daughter born to Rabbi Ash’s daughter, Miriam Ash. She married Isaac Raphael and had 6 children. I assume that there are living descendants today. I don’t know anything about Rabbi Ash’s other grandchildren.

By: david j. halberstam

david j. halberstam — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:43:55 +0000

Are there any blood descendents alive today of Rabbi Ash?

By: DPopper

DPopper — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:01:29 +0000

Farshlufen,
Yes his son-in-law, Boruch Modechai Garfunkel, did remarry Betty Volaski after the death of Rabbi Ash’s daughter. They lived in Savannah, Ga. where they raised their family. There is a book written by Milton Gottesman which was published by the American Jewish Historical Society in New York titled “Hoopskirts and Huppas – A Chronicle of the Early Years of the Garfunkel-Trager Family in America 1856-1920″ which provides some details of the family history. I do not believe that I am related to the david-davidson family. I am a great-grandchild of Boruch Modechai Garfunkel.

By: farshlufen

farshlufen — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:20:15 +0000

D popper, I don’t get it, how did his son in law marry …. was it a second marriage?

P.S. are you related to the david-davidson family?

By: Shmelke Taub

Shmelke Taub — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:08:14 +0000

Dear DPopper, your information might be vital for me. Please email me at shmelketaub@gmail.com
Thanks a lot.

By: DPopper

DPopper — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:46:25 +0000

Rabbi Ash’s son-in-law, Boruch Modechai Garfunkel married Betty Volaski from Charleston. They had nine children of which 7 survived into adulthood. Four of their children married and only three had children. Nathan and Lina Adler a brother and sister from Baltimore (immigrated from Kitzingen) married Charles and Rachel “Tapp” Garfunkel (also a brother and sister). Thus most of Boruch Mordechai’s descendants are the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Charles and Lina Garfunkel of Savannah and Nathan and Tapp Adler from Baltimore. Almost all of their descendants are still frum and found in communities all over the country.

By: Reb Elya

Reb Elya — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:14:07 +0000

Yes, but I’m pretty sure you can’t go inside. I think that they are afraid of it collapsing.

By: Shmelke Taub

Shmelke Taub — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:08:09 +0000

Reb Elya, the shul is now a landmark, i heard that they hope to receive some gov. funding to restore it.

By: Reb Elya

Reb Elya — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:57:38 +0000

I was recently at the lower East Side. The Shul doesn’t look like it’s in such good condition. I heard they’re trying to restore it.

By: YaakovShalom

YaakovShalom — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:01:57 +0000

Rav Ash was the Rav who started the Beis Hamedrash Hagadol on the Lower East Side. His daughter Miriam married somebody named Boruch Mordechai Garfunkel. They had one child and then Miriam was niftar. Boruch Mordechai ended up remarrying somebody from Charleston South Carolina and moved to Savannah Ga. to become one of the pillars of the Community. His Great Great Grandchildren Bli Ayin Hara till this day are frum and are still pillars of the community.

By: Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:05:53 +0000

Was he related to Rav Meir Eisenstadt the Panim Me’irot or Rav Meir Eisenstaedter the Imre Esh? Both were know as the Maharam Ash.

By: Grand Rebbe

Grand Rebbe — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:59:37 +0000

Today is his yartziet.