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Approximately 180 descendants of these Jews still exist, which the Rabbi of Singapore, Rabbi Mordechai Abergel, described as the only remaining indigenous Jews of Asia. [1] In 1841, three Jews, Joseph Dwek Cohen, Nassim Joseph Ezra and Ezra Ezekiel were given a land lease to build a synagogue in a small shop house at Boat Quay. The synagogue ...
Gateways was founded in 1998 by Rabbi Mordechai Suchard with the stated goal of "providing opportunities for Jews to unlock the treasure of their heritage through dynamic educational and social programs." [2] The organization is based in Monsey, New York, United States.
Rabbi Mordechai's son, Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky, also left Bessarabia and came to America, arriving in 1923. Eventually, he settled in Borough Park, Brooklyn , and opened his shul on 47th Street, between 13th and 14th Avenue.
Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky – Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (Edah HaChareidis) Yosef Sholom Eliashiv; Mordechai Eliyahu – Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel 1983–93, (1929–2010) Chaim Kanievsky; Avraham Yeshayeh Karelitz, Chazon Ish – (1878–1953) Nissim Karelitz – Head Justice of Rabbinical Court of Bnei Brak; Meir Kessler – Chief Rabbi of Modi ...
He also runs Yeshiva Tiferes Mordechai Kalish on the name of his grandfather Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna.he is a son of Rabbi Yosef Rosenbaum. Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Rosenbaum (January 18, 1908 [ 4 ] - July 20, 2000) of Zutshka (near Chernivtsi ) and later Bnei Brak, [ 2 ] son of Rabbi Issamar of Nadvorna and son-in-law of ...
According to Rabbi Mordecai, the Daggatun live in tents and resemble the Tuareg people, among whom they live, in language, religion, and general customs. They are fairer in complexion than the generality of African Jews, and are still conscious of their origin. They are subject to the Tuaregs, who do not intermarry with them.
Jacob Joseph (1840–1902) was the only true Ashkenazi chief rabbi of New York City; there was never a Sephardi chief rabbi, although Dr. David DeSola Pool acted as a leader among the Sepharadim and was also respected as such. Others it has been said claimed the title of Chief Rabbi; eventually, the title became worthless through dilution.
Izhbitza-Radzin is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes.The first rebbe was Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner from Izbica (in present-day Poland), author of Mei Hashiloach who left the court of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk to found his own Hasidic movement in 1839.