Rabbi Gershon Eliezer Elefant
גרשום אליעזר ב"ר משה יצחק
Rav, Congregation Ohav Sholom, Donora, PennsylvaniaDate of Death:
Tue. February 13, 2024 -
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Photo Caption: Rabbi Gilbert Albert Elefant (back row, far left) was the first rabbi of Ohav Sholom Congregation in Donora. He left the congregation in 1939 to take a position at Tifereth Israel Congregation in New Castle, where he stayed until 1944. He is seen here with his wife, Helen, and their children (1927).
Source / Credit: Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
Source: United States Census, 1920
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My maternal great grandfather was Gershon Eliezer Elefant from Kisvarda Hungary. He had to have been related to this R. Elefant. Can someone perhaps help me piece together the relationship?
The caption reads that Rabbi Gilbert Albert Elefant was the first Rabbi of Ohav Shalom.
If you take a look at this link,
https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-QQS-mss16/viewer
it is written that there was an earlier Rabbi;
The first Rabbi was reportedly Rabbi Levin.
Rabbi (REV) Joseph Levine was my Great Grandfather. After learning in Volozhin, he ended up in the U.S. and then Canada – as a Rav in many different Kehillos over the years. I remember the stories I heard from my Grandfather about growing up in Donora.