Rabbi Schmaryohu Leib Hurwitz

Rabbi Schmaryohu Leib Hurwitz

שמריהו ליב ב"ר דוב בער הלוי

Date of Death: Sun. June 12, 1938 - Sivan 12 5698

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Directions to Kever: Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Gate: 36C/N, Block: 92, Row: 001RC, Grave: 1, Society Name: TALMUD TORAH TIFFERETH HAGRO

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: HURWITZ, SCHMARYOHN (RABBI)

Biographical Notes:

Credit: Orthodox Judaism in America, Moshe D Sherman

Credit: MCA

Photo Caption: Originally located in Harlem, Talmudical Institute of Harlem moved to the Bronx where it became known as Yeshiva Rabbanu Yisroel Salanter or just “Salanter” for short. The Yeshiva first moved to Washington Avenue but then relocated after purchasing a building at 1946 Webster Avenue. The above picture shows how the Yeshiva was vandalized while still at its Harlem location. Credit: IFJCAH


Photo Caption: The Yeshiva building c. 1940, Credit: NYC Dept of Records

Photo Caption: The Yeshiva Building as it stands today, Credit: Google

Credit: IFJCAH

Source: Needed

Credit: IFJCAH

Credit: IFJCAH

Photo Caption: Rabbi Hurwitz family portrait, Credit: Needed, Origination: Yitzchok Shteirman 

Source: HaPardas

Photo Caption: Tiferes Hagra Talmud Torah building at 425 Howard Ave in Brooklyn, c.1939, Credit: NYC

Photo Caption: Tiferes Hagra Talmud Torah building as it stands today (2014), Credit: Google

Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Map to kever of Schmaryohu Leib Hurwitz