rabbi

13Apr

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Israel, Noteworthy, Profiles

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron, rabbi

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron–an Israeli rabbi who served as Rishon LeZion (Chief Rabbi of Israel) from 1993 to 2003 – passed away on April 12, 2020 after contracting the COVID-19 virus. He died in Shaare Zedek Medical Center after his condition was exacerbated by previous medical issues. Bakshi-Doron had also served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Bat Yam and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Haifa. Bakshi-Doron was criticized by Haredi leaders for some of his halakhic (Jewish legal) decisions, and by the Reform movement for his position on assimilation. He was known for his promotion of interfaith dialogue and nonviolence. Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron was born in Jerusalem to Ben-Zion Bakshi-Doron, a native of the city, and Tova, an immigrant from Aleppo, Syria. He had two brothers and a sister. As a young man, E...

8Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Yaakov Perlow, rabbi

Yaakov Perlow, an American rabbi, passed away on 7 April,2020 due to COVID-19. Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 16, 1930, to Rabbi Nochum Mordechai Perlow ,the Novominsker Rebbe, and his wife, Beila Rochma Morgenstern. Perlow began his Torah education at Yeshiva Toras Chaim in East New York, and continued on to the Lithuanian-type yeshivas of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin in Brooklyn and Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey. He also graduated with honors from Brooklyn College. After his marriage, Perlow taught at Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois. He later moved back to Brooklyn and settled in Crown Heights, becoming a member of the administration of the mesivta of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin. In 1969, he was appointed rosh yeshiva at the Breuer's y...

Romi Cohn, rabbi, mohel & real estate developer

25Mar

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Romi Cohn, rabbi, mohel & real estate developer

Romi Cohn –a Czechoslovakian-born American rabbi, mohel, and real estate developer – died after contracting coronavirus on March 24, 2020. Avraham Hakohen Cohn was born on March 10, 1929 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He was one of seven children. World War II and the Holocaust See also: The Holocaust in Slovakia During World War II, most Slovak Jews were deported to concentration camps. While Cohn's family managed to sneak him into Hungary, his mother, as well as two of his brothers and two of his sisters died in camps. In Hungary, Cohn studied in a Hasidic yeshiva until 1944 when the Nazis occupied the country. At that point, at the age of 15, he escaped back into Slovakia and joined a partisan brigade fighting the Nazis. As a ...

Rabbi Yaakov Meltzer, Physician Assistant

25Mar

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Medics, Profiles, United States

Rabbi Yaakov Meltzer, Physician Assistant

Rabbi Yaakov Meltzer – a Physician Assistant in Brooklyn, New York – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 24 March 2020. Rabbi was 60 years old. Meltzer, 60, was also a physician assistant and was a member of the Queens Hatzolah, the local Jewish volunteer paramedic organization, for 35 years, according to Yeshiva World. Family members told the organization that Meltzer also had a heart condition. Source: Fast Forward Please help us in adding details.