Rabbi Yehudah Idel Idelson
יהודה אידל ב"ר חיים
Rav, Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York CityDate of Death:
Fri. January 1, 1943 -
Shevat 8 5703
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Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rav Yehuda Idel Idelson, Credit: “Farshlufen”, Brooklyn, NY
Photo Caption: Rav Yehuda Idel Idelson, Credit: Needed
Credit: The Jewish Morning Journal, May 5, 1920
Credit: Rabbi Mordechai Hecht, Anshe Sholom Chabad JCC
Bio Information:
In addition to New York City, Rav Idelson served in Denver, CO, Jersey City and Newark, NJ, as well as the Bronx, spanning a 40-year career. Rav Idelson was also a member of the Agudath Harabonim.
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Per his geni profile.
Rabbi Yehuda Yudel Idelson was born in
Novogorodek, Russia in 1874 to his father Chaim Chaikel Idelson.
He died in Florida at age 69.
Rabbi Idelson married twice
To Rae Wolff and Hadassah Batya Bloch .
From his wife Hadassah Batya Bloch, Idelson had a daughter Dora Ruth (Devora Rachel) Idelson.
http://www.geni.com/people/Idel-Idelson/6000000004588809760
Rabbi Idelson was Rabbi of Congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun, Anshe Lutz, at 12 Eldridge street.
Kahal Adath Jeshurun was a slit of of a other synagogue.
read here http://books.google.com/books?id=weL9M46TcU8C&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=Kahal+Adath+Yeshurun,+Anshe+Lutz&source=bl&ots=GaIb7KGz_4&sig=nGjuPAwgu4cOsff329QTCHfpYws&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NpCtT5K6NYjTgQeGy_S2DA&ved=0CFYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Kahal%20Adath%20Yeshurun%2C%20Anshe%20Lutz&f=false
Rabbi Idelson conducted the services at the Funeral of Mendal Beilis.
Here is Idelson eulogy:
‘HIS NAME IS HOLY’
“His name is holy to Jews throughout the world,” Rabbi Idelson said. With tears streaming down his face he pointed to the weeping family and said, “Don’t think that only the family has lost a dear one. The Jewish people have lost a great man.”
The congregants burst into tears. In the family pew Esther Beilis, wife of the deceased, was on the verge of collapse. She lay crying in the arms of her daughters, May and Ray. The two surviving sons. David and Teddy, stood sobbing in front of the pulpit.
The rabbi told how the Russian government, realizing its mistake, offered a release Beilis secretly but the martyr refused. He demanded a public trial at which his innocence would be proved.
“Beilis is not leaving us now,” Rabbi Idelson continued. “As long as the Jewish people live so long will the spirit of Beilis survive.”
source: http://archive.jta.org/article/1934/07/10/2816126/thousands-mourn-at-funeral-as-martyr-beilis-is-laid-to-rest
The Jewish Morning Journal – דער מארגען זשורנאל] 01 ספטמבר 1917
http://goo.gl/ce8PzA
the above link doesn’t work, the correct link is
http://www.jta.org/1934/07/10/archive/thousands-mourn-at-funeral-as-martyr-beilis-is-laid-to-rest
there is a Sefer of his Deroshos http://hebrewbooks.org/3244
in the preface p. 3-11 there is a full bio.
the above eulogy on Beilis is published there in full on p. 386-390
he was also very involved in the representative of the Denver Consumptive Sanitarium and would go fundraising on their behalf.
See here for a copy of a letter of recomendaition by Rabbi Idelson http://digitaldu.coalliance.org/fedora/repository/codu:65172