Kevarim of Tzadikim in North America

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Joseph

יעקב יוסף ב"ר דוב

Chief Rabbi, Agudath HaKehilos, New York City

Date of Death: Tue. July 29, 1902 - Tammuz 24 5662

Anyone with biographical information is asked to please send it in.
See CONTACT page for details. Thank you.

Cemetery:

Cemetery Details
[xy_cemeteries field=”street-address”]
[xy_cemeteries field=”city”], [xy_cemeteries field=”state”] [xy_cemeteries field=”zip”]
[xy_cemeteries field=”country”]

Phone: [xy_cemeteries field=”phone”]
Fax: [xy_cemeteries field=”fax-number”]
Contact: [xy_cemeteries field=”contact-person”]

Web: [xy_cemeteries field=”web-address”]
Email: [xy_cemeteries field=”email”]

Cemetery Map: [xy_cemeteries field=”cemetery-map”]

Notes: [xy_cemeteries field=”notes”]

Directions to Kever: Union Field Cemetery in Queens maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Path 42, at the corner of Main and Maple Road.

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Chief Rabbi Joseph

Biographical Notes:

Joseph Yaakov Yosef 2
Photo Caption: Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Joseph, Credit: VirtualJudaica.com


Photo Caption: Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Joseph, Credit: IFJCAH
rjjnew
Photo Caption: Police attacking mourners at the Chief Rabbi’s funeral, Credit: Institute  For Judaic Culture and History

Source: The World, July 30, 1902
RJJ Funeral
Photo Caption: Mourners at the funeral of Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, Credit: New York Herald, July 30, 1902

Photo Caption: Painting of the Cheif Rabbi, Credit: Needed

Source: Weekly Standard, Leavenworth, Kansas, 28 Aug 1902
Note: One month after his company assaulted the Levaya he died. There are some reports that he killed himself. 

DSCN0594
DSCN0597
Picture Caption: Kever of Rebbetzin Esther Rachel, d. 1925, wife of Chief Rabbi  Yaakov Yosef Joseph, interred alongside the Chief Rabbi at Union Field.
DSCN0699
Photo Caption: Kever of Mrs. Chana Anna Brody, d.1940 eldest daughter of Chief Rabbi  Yaakov Yosef Joseph, interred at the New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Queens
DSCN0606
DSCN0608
Photo Caption: Kever of Dr. Simon Robert (d. 1929) and Mrs. Nechama Dorothy Schultz. Dr. Schultz was Chief Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Joseph’s son-in-law and personal physician and was present at the time of his passing. His wife Dorthy was the office manager for the Rabbanu Yaakov Yosef  School (RJJ) on the Lower East Side for many years until her passing in 1963.  Like her mother, she was well known for her philanthropic work. Sadly they never had children.
img03312016_0001
Photo Caption: Meyer’s Hotel, Hoboken, New Jersey. Rav Yaakov Yosef Joseph, Chief Rabbi New York City, stayed there on his first night on these shores. The Chief Rabbi’s boat docked on Shabbos and he refused to disembark until after nightfall and by that time it was too late to travel to New York City. Credit: Institute For Judaic Culture and History
General Slocum Steamboat Fire
Photo Caption: The PS General Slocum was a passenger steamboat owned by the Knickerbocker Steamship Company. See “Ah Shtikle History” comment number 4 below. Credit: (Wikipedia) needed.

Source: Needed

Source: Listed

Photo Description: Aerial views of the façade of the Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagodol, on Norfolk Street, Credit: Department of Housing Preservation and Development

Credit: Rabbi Berish Weiss


Bio Information:

Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum, the previous Satmar Rebbe would encourage his chassidim to pray at the tzion of the Rav Yaakov Yosef. It is reported that many people have found salvation after visiting the tzion.


Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY


Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY

Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY


« Previous: Next: »