Rabbi Yosef Dov Hurvitz

Rabbi Yosef Dov Hurvitz

יוסף דוב ב"ר צבי

Date of Death: Tue. August 25, 1953 - Elul 14 5713

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Directions to Kever: West Side Hebrew Cemetery in Saint Paul (St. Paul), Minnesota is made up of a number of cemeteries., among them are: Adath Yeshurun Hebrew Cemetery, West Side Hebrew Cemetery, Sons of Abraham Hebrew Cemetery, Russian Brotherhood Cemetery, Location: See map picture below.

Name Listed on Cemetery Database: Name listed on marker: Rabbi Joseph B. Hurvitz

Biographical Notes:

Photo Caption: Rabbi Yosef Dov and his wife, Rebbetzin Rae Hurvitz, Credit: University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives

Description: Portrait photograph of Rabbi Joseph Hurvitz and his wife, Rebbetzin Rae Hurvitz. Known in his St. Paul Lowertown community as “Der Roiter Rov” (the Red Rabbi), Rabbi Hurvitz lead the Sons of Jacob and Adath Yeshurun congregations from the 1910s through the 1950s. Though he was a traditionalist, he consciously used both English and Yiddish in worship and congregational gatherings to help validate his immigrant congregants’ sense that both languages and the cultures they represented were of equal importance in their new home.


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Credit: Howard G. McGlothlin

Credit: Howard G. McGlothlin

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