Agudas HaRabbanim Convention
קאנווענשאן של אגודת הרבנים בניו יורק
Kensington Gardens Hotel, Far Rockaway, QueensDate of Death:
Tue. May 4, 1926 -
Iyar 20 5686
Date of Convention: May 4, 1926
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Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rabbinic Conference Photo, Credit: MCA
1. Rav Eliezer Silver, Harrisburg, PA
2. Rabbi Israel Rosenberg, New York City
3. Rabbi Moshe Zevulun Margolies, New York City
4. Rabbi Yechezkel Lipshitz, Cheif Rabbi, Kalisch, Poland
5. Rabbi Bernard Leventhal, Philadelphia, PA
6. Rabbi Yitzchok Seigel, Jersey City, NJ
7. Rabbi Yosef Konvitch, Newark, NJ
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Credit: Rabbi Yechezkel Lipshitz Credit: N/N
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Rav Yechezkel Libshitz was the guest of honor at the 1926 convention of the Agudas HaRabbanim which began on Tuesday May 4, 1926 at the Kensington Gardens Hotel in Far Rockaway.
See:
https://www.jta.org/1926/05/06/archive/union-of-orthodox-rabbis-holds-its-24th-annual-convention-in-new-york
https://www.jta.org/1926/05/09/archive/union-of-orthodox-rabbis-closes-convention-with-resolution-pledging-cooperation-for-palestine-recons
As I don’t see him listed, Rabbi Yosef Konvitch, was the son-in-law of Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky (Ridba”z) and I believe he is buried in Israel. At some point, he replaced (for one term) Rabbi Silver as president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbi to satisfy the more Mizrachi element of the Union.
The 2nd JTA article lists him within the presidium (נשיאות) of the AHR as “Rabbi J. Kanowitz”