Rabbi Meir Mairim Magnes
מאיר מארים ב"ר משה
Rav, Congregation Adas Yeshurun, Brownsville, BrooklynDate of Death:
Sat. March 20, 1948 -
Adar II 9 5708
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Directions to Kever: Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, NY maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Section: A9 , Society: Yeshivas Rabbi Chaim Berlin, located on the corner of Jefferson and Bethel Avenues
Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi Mairim Magnes
Biographical Notes:
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 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
Credit: Michael Escott, Long Island, NY
Credit: Michael Escott, Long Island, NY
Credit: Michael Escott, Long Island, NY
Credit: Michael Escott, Long Island, NY
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Within the cemetery, it’s at the corner of Jefferson and Bethel (the roads are narrow and there is very limited space to park a car here and there).
Society = Yeshivas Rabbi Chaim Berlin
section A block 9 (A9)
row R, grave 102, plot F
When starting at the corner of Jefferson and Bethel, walking north up Jefferson to the fourth row (on the right) away from Bethel. The 6th grave from is left belongs to Rabbi Magnes. His wife, Sarah Magnes is easier to find – she is in the 7th row in the very first grave off the road.
For a nice article re: R. Mairim Magnes, see what our chaver YD Miller posted here:
http://moreshesamerica.blogspot.com/2014/09/blog-post_10.html
A posthumous sefer by R. Magnes, מעט מים , was published by R. Chaim Weinstein in 5771
https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?163401
Apparently, Rebbetzin Dina Shkop (married to R. Avraham Shkop z”l, grandson of R. Shimon and brother-in-law of R. Zelig Epstein)
visited the Magnes home in Brooklyn often and was involved with helping the sefer get published.
For a Yiddish article by R. Magnes from the Mizrachi Sefer HaYovel of 5696 see this:
https://archive.org/stream/nybc204968#page/183/mode/2up
You can see a haskama from R. Magnes in בלשוני מלה by R. Benzion Eisenstadt
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=2135&st=&pgnum=2
See more about the now defunct Congregation Adath Yeshurun at the bottom of this page:
http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/yv-synagogues-bklyn.htm
A link to additional kever pix plus a picture of the rav from 1931 can be found here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/IE44REOtZP5nOm5H3
A link to various news articles and other documents that mention R. Magnes or Adas Yeshurun can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fHHoTsQjFx3QkFaXKogSgjxMvQuNJOUj
very fascinating
An image of Congregation Adas Yeshurun in its original glory can be seen here:
http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/j06sp1
One can zoom in for higher resolution
The actual image file can be found at:
http://nycma.lunaimaging.com:8181/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/NYCMA~7~7/975/nynyma_rec0040_3_01475_0015.jpg
The picture was taken sometime between 1939 and 1941. (Thanks to פישל @ מורשת חכמי אמעריקא for pointing out this fantastic archive from the NYC Department of Records)