Gershon Yankelewitz
Gershon Yankelewitz (November 23, 1909 – August 19, 2014) was a senior
Bronx Park East, New York
.
Life
Yankelewitz was born in
Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. This was an unusual exception to the established norm, which stipulated that only college graduates were to be Roshei Yeshiva in YU.[7]
A son of Yanklewitz married a daughter of Rabbi Gershon Wiesenfeld. In April 2010 Yankelewitz's wife, Bluma, died.[8] A notice about her death and condolence wishes from the administration of YU was published in The New York Times.[9]
References
- ^ "Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary". Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ "New York - Rabbi Gershon Yankelewitz: From Radin To The Mir To Yeshiva University". vosizneias.com. 2014-08-26.
- ^ "Beard « YWN Coffee Room". Theyeshivaworld.com. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Rav Shamshon Brodsky to Spend Several Weeks in Toronto » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry". Matzav.com. 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Lawrence, NY - One The Last Talmidim Of Mirrer Yeshiva: Rav Yakov Nayman, Z"L Passes Away At 100". Vosizneias.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Rav Chaim Pruzansky z"l » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry". Matzav.com. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ [1] Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rebbetzin Bluma Yankelowitz a"h » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry". Matzav.com. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ "Paid Notice - Deaths YANKELEWITZ, REBBETZIN BLUMA". The New York Times. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
External links
- Gershon Yankelewitz at yu.edu