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Dayan Asher Feldman (1873 - 1950)

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1/4/2017
4/15/2024

Rabbi Issachar Dov (Beresh) Finkelstein MP (1890 - 1977)

"Yissochor", "Berek", "Finkelstajn"

Rabbi Finklestein was born in Radom, Poland to a family of Izbice-Radzin chasidim. He was an outstanding scholar in the field of rabbinic literature, kabbalah and chasidic thought. After receiving semi...

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7/4/2008
2/15/2024
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7/4/2008

Rabbi Issachar Dov (Beresh) Finkelstein MP (1890 - 1977)

"Yissochor", "Berek", "Finkelstajn"

Rabbi Finklestein was born in Radom, Poland to a family of Izbice-Radzin chasidim. He was an outstanding scholar in the field of rabbinic literature, kabbalah and chasidic thought. After receiving semi...

2/15/2024

Rabbi Yehuda Leib (Louis) Rubinstein (1919 - 1964)

"Louis"

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3/23/2016
1/28/2024

Julius (Yehuda) Newman (1896 - 1950)

"Neumann"

Rabbi Yehuda (Julius - Yuddel) Newman, was the husband of the eldest of the Rabinowitz sisters, Ida (Hinda). He passed away at a young age in 1950, following many years of debilitating illness. He was ...

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8/19/2008
1/16/2024
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8/19/2008

Julius (Yehuda) Newman (1896 - 1950)

"Neumann"

Rabbi Yehuda (Julius - Yuddel) Newman, was the husband of the eldest of the Rabinowitz sisters, Ida (Hinda). He passed away at a young age in 1950, following many years of debilitating illness. He was ...

1/16/2024

Rabbi Jacob Rabinowitz (1869 - 1932)

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4/23/2008
1/16/2024

Ephraim Mallach (c.1881 - 1942)

"Froim"

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3/30/2013
7/27/2023
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3/30/2013
7/27/2023

Meyer Berger (1888 - 1930)

"Meir", "Myer"

source: and also Moved to UK in 1926

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1/14/2010
7/13/2023
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1/14/2010

Meyer Berger (1888 - 1930)

"Meir", "Myer"

source: and also Moved to UK in 1926

7/13/2023

Rabbi Mordechai Yaakov Krasner (1870 - 1948)

"Jacob", "Mordecai"

Rabbi Mordecai Jacob Krasner was a Rosh Yeshiva in Liverpool from 1921 to 1943. A native of Prużana (Pruzhany), Poland, Rabbi Krasner studied at the Rabbinical Seminary of Kovno (Kaunus). After his mar...

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6/12/2023
6/12/2023
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6/12/2023

Rabbi Mordechai Yaakov Krasner (1870 - 1948)

"Jacob", "Mordecai"

Rabbi Mordecai Jacob Krasner was a Rosh Yeshiva in Liverpool from 1921 to 1943. A native of Prużana (Pruzhany), Poland, Rabbi Krasner studied at the Rabbinical Seminary of Kovno (Kaunus). After his mar...

6/12/2023

Rabbi Dov Moshe Namiat (c.1860 - 1919)

He was the first Rav of the Bechener (Tin) Shul in Gateshead. He died suddenly on a Friday night.

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12/26/2016
5/22/2023
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12/26/2016

Rabbi Dov Moshe Namiat (c.1860 - 1919)

He was the first Rav of the Bechener (Tin) Shul in Gateshead. He died suddenly on a Friday night.

5/22/2023

Rabbi Alter Noah Kaiser (Michalankis) (aft.1848 - 1920)

"אלטר", "קייזר", "קייזער"

Rabbi Alter Noach HaCohen (known as Yarnamer Rebbi) was born in the city of Nesukhoyezhe, Ukraine, to his father Aryeh Meir the son of Rabbi Rabbi Haim Svirzir who was one of the students of the tzaddi...

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10/31/2019
4/2/2023
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10/31/2019

Rabbi Alter Noah Kaiser (Michalankis) (aft.1848 - 1920)

"אלטר", "קייזר", "קייזער"

Rabbi Alter Noach HaCohen (known as Yarnamer Rebbi) was born in the city of Nesukhoyezhe, Ukraine, to his father Aryeh Meir the son of Rabbi Rabbi Haim Svirzir who was one of the students of the tzaddi...

4/2/2023

Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu MP (1932 - 2022)

"Dayan"

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9/12/2007
11/24/2022
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9/12/2007
11/24/2022

Rabbi Abraham Zevi Weinstein (1901 - 1975)

"Avrohom", "Zvi", "Tzvi", "Tsvi"

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9/7/2022
9/9/2022
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9/7/2022
9/9/2022

. דיין בבית הדין של קהילת כנסת ישראל, הקהילה האורתודוקסית בלונדון

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10/5/2008
5/26/2022
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10/5/2008

. דיין בבית הדין של קהילת כנסת ישראל, הקהילה האורתודוקסית בלונדון

5/26/2022

Rabbi Pinchos Roberts (1932 - 2022)

"Percy", "Paul"

Percy Roberts England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005 Marriage: July-Aug-Sep 1959 Manchester South, Lancashire, England Spouse (implied): Eva Hoff

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9/29/2007
5/22/2022
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9/29/2007

Rabbi Pinchos Roberts (1932 - 2022)

"Percy", "Paul"

Percy Roberts England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005 Marriage: July-Aug-Sep 1959 Manchester South, Lancashire, England Spouse (implied): Eva Hoff

5/22/2022

Rabbi Nathan Sinson (1852 - 1951)

"Nachum", "Nochum", "Perelman"

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1/2/2012
5/6/2022
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1/2/2012

Rabbi Nathan Sinson (1852 - 1951)

"Nachum", "Nochum", "Perelman"

5/6/2022

Rabbi Maurice Landy (1913 - 1996)

"Mordechai"

Llanelli-born Rabbi M. Landy (m.1939 Rachel Factor (d.1964) and m.1966 Eve Levene (d.1997)) studied at Manchester Yeshiva and Liverpool Talmudic College and later received semicha from Jews' College, L...

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1/8/2009
4/9/2022
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1/8/2009

Rabbi Maurice Landy (1913 - 1996)

"Mordechai"

Llanelli-born Rabbi M. Landy (m.1939 Rachel Factor (d.1964) and m.1966 Eve Levene (d.1997)) studied at Manchester Yeshiva and Liverpool Talmudic College and later received semicha from Jews' College, L...

4/9/2022

Rabbi Mordechai Smith (1901 - 1996)

"Mordechai Eliezer"

Rabbi Mordechai Smith Manchester-born Rabbi Smith (m. Rose Levitta) entered Manchester Talmudical College at the age of 14 and studied at Slobodka yeshiva both in Lithuania and after it transferred to...

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8/2/2009
3/20/2022
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8/2/2009

Rabbi Mordechai Smith (1901 - 1996)

"Mordechai Eliezer"

Rabbi Mordechai Smith Manchester-born Rabbi Smith (m. Rose Levitta) entered Manchester Talmudical College at the age of 14 and studied at Slobodka yeshiva both in Lithuania and after it transferred to...

3/20/2022

Rabbi Jacob Schachter, Rabbi of Belfast (1886 - 1971)

"Jacob", "Schachter"

Born in Rumania in 1886, Jacob Shachter received his Rabbinical Diploma from the leading authorities of the time, in 1911. From 1913-20, heserved as Rabbi in Galatz. He arrived in England in 1920 at th...

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11/20/2010
1/17/2022
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11/20/2010

Rabbi Jacob Schachter, Rabbi of Belfast (1886 - 1971)

"Jacob", "Schachter"

Born in Rumania in 1886, Jacob Shachter received his Rabbinical Diploma from the leading authorities of the time, in 1911. From 1913-20, heserved as Rabbi in Galatz. He arrived in England in 1920 at th...

1/17/2022

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8/15/2008
1/17/2022

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2/16/2008
1/16/2022