Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Braude
יצחק אייזיק ב"ר יחיאל
Rav, Denver, ColoradoDate of Death:
Sat. June 18, 1932 -
Sivan 14 5692
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Photo Caption: Safer (book) published by Rav Braude, Credit: IFJCAH
Bio Information:
“Rabbi Braude, who was born in 1884 in Lithuania, was educated in the Yeshivas of Telsiai, Mates, and Woloczin. When ordained, he became the rabbi of Girtelzole, Lithuania. In 1906 he fled to the U.S. by way of Siberia, Korea, and Japan. He first came to Denver, where he served until 1922. He then served in Dayton and Bridgeport. He returned to Denver in 1927, where he remained until his death in 1932. Thousands attended the last rites for the rabbi, and to that time it was the most impressive funeral ever to take place in West Colfax. The police deflected the Sunday traffic from West Colfax, while the funeral procession marched from synagogue to synagogue on West Colfax. All of the rabbis of Denver, Cheyenne, and Pueblo spoke words of praise for the rabbi, and all of the city’s cantors sang the prayers for the deceased. The Jewish News that week said that similar scenes had been enacted in Eastern Europe, where a chief rabbi was accorded such honor. In Denver, the gentiles explained that they had never seen anything like it. Neither had the young American generation on West Colfax. Rabbi Braude stood with ‘unashamed fervor’ for traditional Judaism … After the death of Rabbi Braude, a gifted tsadik took over the Lithuanian congregation. He was Judah Leib Ginsburg.”
(Source: Pioneers Peddlers & Tsadikim, p. 234-235)
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Baruch, can you upload a better res pic. Also the watermark is covering the name on the bottom.
הרב יצחק אייזיק ברוידה נולד בשאד לאביו ר’ יחיאל (דודו היה הגאון ר’ צבי הירש מסאלאנט) סוחר ותלמוד חכם מוכר בעיר, למד בישיבות טעלז ומאלטש, וקיבל סמיכה בבן י”ח שנה, נשא את בת הרה”ג ר’ מאיר היילפערין מטעלז, וכבן כ”ח שנה נתמנה לשמש ברבנות במייטשעט, ומשם נתקבל כראש ישיבה בזאגאר, אח”כ שמש ברבנות בעיר גירטעגאלי (?), ובשעת מלחמת העולם הא’ בשנת תרע”ו-1915 בא לאמעריקא ונתקבל לשמש ברבנות בברידזפארט-קאנעטיקוט, ואח”כ בדענווער-קאלעראדאו.
נפטר י”ד סיון תרצ”ב
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32268406
מי הובילו לארץ ישראל ולמה?
AUGUST 1, 1932
Two Rabbis Appointed to Denver Synagogue Posts
Denver –
Appointment was announced of two rabbis to posts in orthodox synagogues in Denver. Rabbi Leib Ginsberg, author and scholar, was chosen the spiritual leader of the Zera Israel Synagogue, to succeed the late Rabbi A. Braude.
Trustees of the Yad Achas Synagogue and the Tifereth Israel Synagogue announced the appointment of Rabbi S. Shapiro.
Rabbi Ginsberg was formerly Rosh Yeshivah in the cities of Eishikok and Rezizza, in Russia. Rabbi Shapiro has served as the spiritual leader of two Chicago synagogues for twelve years. He is related to Rabbi Chaim Fishel Epstein, chief rabbi of St. Louis.
http://archive.jta.org/article/1932/08/01/2794706/two-rabbis-appointed-to-denver-synagogue-posts
Does anyone know how to contacy his family?
His son was Rabbi William Braude, a reform rabbi in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a scholar and well known for his felicitous translation of various midrashim. He was apparently a very good friend of Rabbi Shmuel Belkin, the president of YU. The Rabbi S Shapiro, mentioned in Farshlufen’s comments, was the father of Rabbi David S Shapiro of Miwaukee.
Does anyone know what happened to his writings and whether he has descendants?
Here is Rabbi Braude’s kever in Israel: https://billiongraves.com/grave/%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93%D7%90/17242867
I am his great-granddaughter, Naomi. Please contact the director, Mr. Baruch Amsel, to get my contact details.