Rabbi Binyamin Aryeh Gewirtz
בנימין אריה ב"ר חנוך הענאך
Rav, Congregation Adas Kodesh Shel Emeth, Wilmington, DelawareDate of Death:
Thu. May 22, 2003 -
Iyar 20 5763
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Directions to Kever: Eretz Hachaim Cemetery - Beit Shemesh
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Eretz Hachaim Cemetery - Beit Shemesh
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rabbi Leonard Benjamin Gewirtz letterhead. Credit: IFJCAH
Source: The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, June 3, 1989
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Orthodox?
http://www.akse.org/history.php
http://www.archive.org/stream/authenticjewandh012856mbp#page/n0/mode/2up
According to the Social Security Death Index, he was born 25 January 1918 and was niftar 22 May 2003 in Wilmington, Delaware.
His father was Reb Chanoch Henich B”R Yonah, his wife was Sara Gittel daughter of Solomon Kirstein of the Bolch Publishing Co.
An article in “Yiddishe Vort” against the book of Rabbi Gewirtz that Farshlufen linked above:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=46374&st=&pgnum=20&hilite=
he is buried in EY
I recall seeing a listing in the Rabbinical Council of America membership directory for a Rabbi Yosef Aryeh Gewirtz. It may be his relative.
he was buried in eretz ha chayim cemetery outside bet sh emesh in israel. he was one of three brother and a sister his father was chanoch henach grand father reb yonah or jonas from gelitzia .
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According to the Synagogue’s charter, it was established as an Orthodox Congregation.
https://akse.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Adas_Kodesch_Charter_1889.jpg
Seems that it ended up as a “Traditional” Shul.
Rabbi Gewirtz himself was a musmach of Hebrew Theological College in Chicago (now known as Skokie Yeshiva).