Beth David Cemetery - Long Island

ישראל ב"ר טוביה

Rav, Brooklyn, New york

Date of Death: Fri. December 9, 1932 - Kislev 10 5693

The Rav who came here from Russia lived at 661 Hemlock Street in Brooklyn.

אברהם יצחק ב"ר אהרן

Rav, Agudas Anshei Mamud u' Bais Vaad Lachachomim, New York City

Date of Death: Sat. September 28, 1946 - Tishrei 3 5707

Photo Caption: Rav Avroham Yitzchok Geiger, Vienna c.1927, Credit: Judith Goldsmith

Photo Caption: Rav Geiger accompanying the Tzvi LaTzaddik, Credit: MCA

Bio Information:
Rav Geiger was the personal assistant of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Bluzhov (d. 1924), also known by the eponym, Tzvi LaTzaddik. Upon his arrival on these shores, he rabbinated at Agudas Anshei Mamud u’ Bais Vaad Lachachomim located at 156 Henry Street on the Lower East Side.

Rabbi Moshe Chaim Hyamson

משה חיים ב"ר נתן

Rav, Congregation Orach Chaim, Upper East Side, New York City

Date of Death: Fri. June 10, 1949 - Sivan 13 5709

Photo Caption: Rabbi Chaim Hyamson, Credit: N/N

Photo Caption: Congregation Orach Chaim located at 1459 Lexington Ave, New York (d. 2019), Credit: Google

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Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanon Mitnick

יצחק אלחנן ב"ר אבא ליב

Rav, Congregation Orach Chaim, Upper East Side, New York City

Date of Death: Thu. January 1, 1942 - Teves 12 5702

Photo Caption: Congregation Orach Chaim located at 1459 Lexington Ave, New York (d. 2019), Credit: Google

Rabbi Dov Brennglass

דוב בן אליעזר

Rav, Congregation Adath Israel, Massena, New York

Date of Death: Tue. June 7, 1966 - Sivan 20 5726
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Photo Caption: Rabbi Berel Brennglass, Credit: Chris Brock (NNY-360)

Photo Caption: Massena, New York (c. 1930), Credit: Edward Berenson

Photo Caption: Rabbi Berel Brennglass, Credit: MCA

Photo Caption: Brennglass family, 1931, Credit: MCA

Photo Caption: Rabbi Eliezer Brennglass, Credit: MCA

Of Note:
In September of 1928, just two days before Yom Kippur, a blood libel was launched against the Jews of Massena. After only being missing for less than a day, the small Jewish community was accused of killing Babara Griffiths, a local four-year-old. It’s was claimed that they needed her blood for the upcoming Yom Kippur service. Rabbi Brennglass did everything in his power to protect his congregants as well as fight off the accusations. Griffiths was later found wandering lost in woods.

Rabbi Yaakov Unterman

יעקב ב"ר איסר יהודה

Rav, Bais Talmud Torah of Brooklyn

Date of Death: Sun. March 10, 2002 - Adar 26 5762

Photo Caption: Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman (d.1976) Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Credit: N/N

Photo Caption: Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman with Rabbi YosheBer Soloveitchik, Credit: Needed

Rabbi Avroham Abba Shein

אברהם אבא ב"ר צבי הלוי

Hebrew Teacher, (Russia) Brooklyn, New York

Date of Death: Wed. September 25, 1929 - Elul 20 5689

Rebbe Yehoshua Wagschal

יהושע ב"ר ישראל

Grand Rebbe, Frysztak - Korczyn, Poland

Date of Death: Sat. September 6, 1947 - Elul 21 5707

Photo Credit: Rabbi Mordechai Hecht, Anshe Sholom Chabad JCC

Photo Caption: Rebbe Yehoshua Wagschal letterhead, Credit: Photo Credit: Rabbi Mordechai Hecht, Anshe Sholom Chabad JCC

Photo Caption: Offical records, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America

Photo Caption: Schulsinger Brothers edition of Noam Elimelech printed in New York (1942) by the Frysztak – Korczyn Rebbe, Credit: VirtualJudaica.com

Bio Information:
The Rebbe was a descendant of the Noam Elimelech, the Rebbe of Lizensk d. 1787

Rabbi Chaim Korn (Korin)

חיים ב"ר יעקב

Cheif Rabbi, Yarmolyntsi, Ukraine

Date of Death: Thu. March 27, 1941 - Adar 28 5701

Bio Information:
Rav Chaim Korin authored the Tav Chaim.

Photo Caption: Rav Chaim Korin, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America

Photo Credit: Announcing the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Chaim Korn, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America

Rabbi Avroham Hurwitz

אברהם ב"ר שניאור זלמן הלוי

Hebrew Teacher, Brooklyn, New York

Date of Death: Thu. May 13, 1926 - Iyar 29 5686

Rabbi Shmuel Aryeh Olishevsky

שמואל אריה ב"ר אברהם

Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (RIETS)

Date of Death: Wed. February 10, 1943 - Adar I 5 5703

Credit: Yeshiva University

Credit: Hapardes

Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America

Rabbi Avroham Freuer

אברהם ב"ר שלמה מאיר

Baal, Nishmas Kol Chaim

Date of Death: Wed. March 11, 1936 - 17 Adar 5696

Photo Caption: Rav Avroham Feuer, Credit: IFJCAH

Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History IFJCAH

Bio Information:
Among the Rav’s seforim (books) are Nishmas Kol Chaim, Likutei Avraham, Zichron Avraham (pictured above) .

Rabbi Chaim Leibowitz

חיים ב"ר שמואל

Rav, Mapleton, Brooklyn

Date of Death: Thu. June 30, 1938 - Tammuz 1 5698
Rosh Chodesh

Credit: Hamsiloh, Vol: 3, No: 6-7

Mapleton is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, which borders Bensonhurst and Borough Park to the west, and Midwood to the east. The neighborhood was sometimes known as Mapleton Park.

Rabbi Yosef Eliezer Juravel

יוסף אליעזר ב"ר שמואל זאב

Rav, New York City

Date of Death: Sat. July 19, 1980 - Av 6 5740

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman

יעקב יצחק ב"ר יהודה ליב

Rav, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Date of Death: Sat. December 27, 1941 - Kislev 27 5701
Chanukah

Credit: Chachmei Yisroel of New England

Photo Caption: Rav Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman, Credit: MCA

Rabbi Avrahom Shlomo Adler

אברהם שלמה ב"ר חיים ליב

Rav, St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay), Florida

Date of Death: Fri. February 21, 1947 - Adar 1 5707
Rosh Chodesh

Rabbi Meshulem Zusha Blatt

משולם זיסיא ב"ר שמעון יצחק

Rav, The Sanhedrin Jewish Center of Dunton, Richmond Hill, Queens

Date of Death: Sat. November 11, 1978 - Cheshvan 11 5739

Rabbi Meir Mairim Magnes

מאיר מארים ב"ר משה

Rav, Congregation Adas Yeshurun, Brownsville, Brooklyn

Date of Death: Sat. March 20, 1948 - Adar II 9 5708

Bio Information:
Rabbi Meir Mairim Magnes was the son of Rav Moshe Magnes (Rav of Pohost) and a nephew of Rav Avraham Aharon Yudelovitch. He was named for his great-uncle Rav Meir Mairim Shafit. He immigrated to the USA in 1924 and served as the rav of Adas Yeshurun at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Lincoln Place in Brownsville, Brooklyn. In addition, he was general secretary of the Mizrachi Organization of America in the mid-late 1920s as well as the director of RIETS in the early 1930s.

Photo Caption: Congregation Adas Yeshurun as it stand today, Credit: Google maps

Photo Credit: Detroit Jewish Chronicle Sep. 18, 1931, p.3

Photo Caption: The 1935 Yeshiva Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, faculty list includes Rav Magnes, Credit: Rabbi Mordechai Hecht, Anshe Sholom Chabad JCC

Rabbi Yosef Yehuda Braun

יוסף יהודה ב"ר קלמן מאיר

Rav, Congregation Shearis Yaakov, Bronx, New York

Date of Death: Mon. April 28, 1958 - Iyar 8 5718

Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America

Bio Information:
Rav Braun who arrived on these shores in 1928, received ordination from the Chofetz Chaim.

Rabbi Aaron Tzvi Leeder

אהרן צבי ב"ר יצחק אריה

Rav, Brooklyn, New York

Date of Death: Sun. February 12, 1989 - Adar II 7 5749

Rabbi Ben Tzion Chodosh

בן ציון ב"ר דוד הלוי

Hebrew Teacher, New York City

Date of Death: Sun. November 7, 1943 - Cheshvan 19 5704

Bio Information:
Rav Chodosh arrived on these shores sometime prior to World War I with the plans of eventual bring over the rest of his family. The Rav, had a brother and two sisters in New York who initially supported him while he looked for work. However, his refusal to work on shabbos made holding a job extremely difficult forcing him to find new employment every Sunday. Eventually he found a Sexton/ Hebrew Teacher opportunity which allowed him to save up enough money for him to reunite his family in New York City. Unfortunately , due to the untimely passing of his wife and the outbreak of World War One this never happened. Among his children, Rav Meir Chodosh went on to become the famed Mashgiach of the Chevron Yeshiva.

Photo Caption: Rav Meir Chodosh, Credit: Rebbetzin Shulamit Ezrachi

Credit: The Mashgiach, Rebbetzin Shulamit Ezrachi

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Zilberberg

יהודה ליב ב"ר יצחק מאיר

Rav, New York City

Date of Death: Sun. July 19, 1987 - Tammuz 22 5747

Rabbi Aaron Dim

אהרן ב"ר משה הלוי

Rav, Congregation Shaarei Torah, New York City

Date of Death: Tue. June 5, 1951 - Sivan 1 5711
Rosh Chodesh

Photo Caption: Rav Aaron Dim, Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives

Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives

Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives

Bio Information:
Rav Aaron Dim was the longstanding president of Degel HaRabanim in New York City.

Rabbi Meir Tzvi Suchman

מאיר צבי ב"ר נתן

Cofounder, Agudas Anshei Maamad Ubeis Vaad L'Chachomim, Lower East Side

Date of Death: Mon. December 25, 1939 - Kislev 13 5700

Photo Caption: Rav Meir Hirsh Tzvi Suchman, c. 1920, Credit: MN

Photo Caption: Rav Meir Hirsh Tzvi Suchman, c. 1939, Credit: MN

Photo Caption: The kevarim of Admorei Belz, Belz, Ukraine, Credit: zadikim.net

Bio Information:
The Rav, who hailed from Krystynopol, Galicia (Poland) moved to New York in 1920. A devout Belzer Chossid, he maintained a close relationship with both Rebbe Yehoshua (d.1894) and Rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach (d.1826) of Belz.

Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Zimmerman

יעקב משה ב"ר אברהם יצחק

Rav, Brooklyn, New York

Date of Death: Sat. October 7, 1961 - Tishrei 27 5722

Photo Caption: The Rav among the over 400 Rabbanim and Admorim who on Erev Yom Kippur, 1943 marched on Washington, DC demanding that the Roosevelt administration help save the Jews of Europe. Credit: Moreshes Chachmei America’s Archives

Rabbi Yehudah Leib Agushewitz

יהודה ליב ב"ר אליהו

Rav, Toras Emes Synagogue of Borough Park, Brooklyn

Date of Death: Wed. September 12, 1956 - Tishrei 7 5717

Photo caption: Rabbi Yehudah Leib Agushewitz, Credit: Yitzchok Shteierman, Borough Park, Brooklyn

Rabbi Shraga Leib Brill

שרגא ליב ב"ר צבי

Rav, New York City

Date of Death: Wed. February 7, 1951 - Adar I 1 5711
Rosh Chodesh

Photo Caption: Rabbi Shraga Brill, Credit: Moreshes Chachmey America Archives

Photo Credit: Rabbi Shraga Brill, Credit: Moreshes Chachmey America Archives