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Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner (1925-2008)

Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner (1925-2008)
Rabbi Yizchok Dovid Groner, who passed away this week, was honored by his adopted Australian Jewish community at a dinner celebrating his 80th birthday three years ago.
Rabbi Issohor Dov Gurewitch (1915-2008) OBITUARY
Rabbi Issohor Dov Gurewitch (1915-2008)
Educator Remembered as Fatherly Figure of Students

Rabbi Issohor Dov Gurewitch, who escaped Russia and took up the leadership of a girls' school in Paris, died at the age of 93.
Rebbetzen Chana Schapiro (1914-2008) OBITUARY
Rebbetzen Chana Schapiro (1914-2008)
Soviet-Era Survivor Educated Her Family in Freedom

Chana Schapiro, a lifelong Chabad-Lubavitch Chasid known for her devotion to her children's education, passed away yesterday in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was 94.
Rabbi Zev Segal (1917-2008) OBITUARY
Rabbi Zev Segal (1917-2008)
Rabbi Zev Segal Traveled the World for the Jewish Community

Rabbi Zev Segal, a longtime Jewish activist and respected rabbinic figure, was found dead on Thursday. He was 91.
Self-Made Millionaire Who Supported Education Dead at 81 OBITUARY
Self-Made Millionaire Who Supported Education Dead at 81

Mel Landow, whose largesse helped a Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva find a permanent home, died last week at the age of 81.
Taibel Lipskier (1913-2008) OBITUARY
Taibel Lipskier (1913-2008)
Soviet Survivor Who Cared for the Neglected

Known for her care of the sick and needy, Taibel Lipskier was a Chabad-Lubavitch Chasid who saw the worst of Soviet oppression.
Longtime Kfar Chabad Educator Passes Away at 68 OBITUARY
Longtime Kfar Chabad Educator Passes Away at 68

Rabbi Amos Karniel was remembered as a humble man who dedicated his life to the children of the community.
Texas Community Hails Late Preschool Teacher as Mentor OBITUARY
Texas Community Hails Late Preschool Teacher as Mentor

The Jewish community in S. Antonio, Texas, remembered a teacher known affectionately as Morah Robin – who died last week at the age of 62 – as a dedicated educator and loving mentor.
Veteran Tunisian Rabbi Passes Away After Decades Serving North African Jewry OBITUARY
Veteran Tunisian Rabbi Passes Away After Decades Serving North African Jewry

Rabbi Nisson Pinson, a Russian transplant to North Africa who headed up Chabad-Lubavitch activities in Tunis, died Monday.
Force Behind Growth of Moroccan Jewry Passed Away at 91 OBITUARY
Force Behind Growth of Moroccan Jewry Passed Away at 91

Rabbi Shlomo Matusof, who established a system of Jewish schools in Morocco at the behest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe died Saturday night.
Matriarch of Philanthropic Rohr Family, 78 OBITUARY
Matriarch of Philanthropic Rohr Family, 78

Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, a devoted mother and grandmother who nurtured a family with philanthropic interests spanning the globe, died in her hometown of Bal Harbour, Fla., on Monday after a long illness.
Pioneering Chabad Emissary, Mother and Grandmother Passes Away in Nashville OBITUARY
Pioneering Chabad Emissary, Mother and Grandmother Passes Away in Nashville

Mrs. Risya Posner, 80, established with her husband the first Chabad-Lubavitch center in Nashville. An inspiration to all who knew her and read of her life, she was a constant innovator and a driving force behind Chabad educational activities across the globe.
Leah Raichik (1929-2007) OBITUARY
Leah Raichik (1929-2007)
"Bubbe" of California

Leah Raichik was sent to Los Angeles by the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1949. She passed away last week at the age of 78.
Colorful Chassidic Farmer Dies at 78 OBITUARY
Colorful Chassidic Farmer Dies at 78

It's not everyday that a funeral for an elderly Chassid will stop at a barn on its way to the cemetery.
Abraham Klausner, 92, Hailed as Protector of Living Holocaust Victims OBITUARY
Abraham Klausner, 92, Hailed as Protector of Living Holocaust Victims

The Santa Fe, N.M. Jewish community mourned the demise of one of their own following the death late last month of retired U.S. Army Chaplain Abraham Klausner.
Ultimate Sacrifice OBITUARY
Ultimate Sacrifice

United States Army Specialist Daniel J. Agami, 25, affectionately known as "G.I. Jew," was killed in Baghdad on June 21.
Maryasha Garelik (1900/1-2007) OBITUARY
Maryasha Garelik (1900/1-2007)

"Bubbe" Maryasha Garelik survived the pogroms of czarist Russia, Soviet anti-Semitism and Nazi terror. Four generations of her descendants are Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in the United States, Australia, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe and Africa.
Sgt. Michael Levin (1984-2006) OBITUARY
Sgt. Michael Levin (1984-2006)
American-Born Soldier Dedicated Life to the Holy Land and the Torah

Ever since he was a teenager growing up in suburban Philadelphia, Staff Sgt. Michael Levin dreamt of moving to Israel and joining the Israel Defense Forces. He died fulfilling that dream.
Senator Jacob (''Chic'') Hecht (1929-2006) OBITUARY
Senator Jacob ("Chic") Hecht (1929-2006)

The Rebbe said, “Since I am not in the Senate you will be my representative and speak in my place, and you will try to help the Jews in Russia.”
Daniel Wultz (1990-2006) OBITUARY
Daniel Wultz (1990-2006)
Wultz's Spirit Shines Through In Death

Wultz, 16, succumbed Sunday to injuries he received in the Passover suicide bombing in Tel Aviv last month. He is the 11th victim of the Palestinian suicide bombing at a Tel Aviv shwarma stand.
Marcia Lieberman (1905-2005) OBITUARY
Marcia Lieberman (1905-2005)
A Tribute by Rabbi Yisroel Deren

She was a woman ahead of her times, enthusiastically embracing the opportunities that this blessed country, America embodies.
Lawrence M. Resnick, M.D (1949-2004) OBITUARY
Lawrence M. Resnick, M.D (1949-2004)
The Rebbe's Doctor

Dr. Lawrence M. Resnick, an innovative researcher in hypertension who contributed pioneering research on the metabolic syndrome—findings that potentially affected the treatment of more than 47 million Americans with the condition
A Tribute to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin TRIBUTE
A Tribute to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin
The Anti-Semitism Vaccine

On Sunday, May 2, 2004, Rabbi Leib Raskin, Chabad Lubavitch emissary to Morocco for more than 44 years, returned his soul to his Maker. He was 71 years old.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin (1933-2004) OBITUARY
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin (1933-2004)
Rebbe's Emissary to Morocco

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin, a legendary Chabad figure who served more than 40 years as the Lubavitcher rebbe’s emissary to Morocco, died last week of cancer in Montreal. Rabbi Raskin was 71.
Jay Litvin (1944-2004) OBITUARY
Jay Litvin (1944-2004)

Jay was so much more than a contributing writer at Chabad.org. He was a leader who blazed new pathways, taking us to places no one had dared or even imagined visiting before.
Rabbi Yakov Moshe Friedman (1924-2004) OBITUARY
Rabbi Yakov Moshe Friedman (1924-2004)

What everyone remembers most about my father was the twinkle in his eye, the radiant smile on his face and the way he always made you feel special, particularly when he was doing you a favor.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen (1954-1998) OBITUARY
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen (1954-1998)
Father of the Jewish Internet

Father of the Jewish Internet, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen, Director of Chabad Lubavitch in Cyberspace and considered by many the pioneer of Jewish education on the internet.
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kaplan (1947-1998) OBITUARY
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kaplan (1947-1998)
Chabad Lubavitch emissary to Safed

Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kaplan, teacher and leader of entire communities was killed in a car accident in Russia
Rabbi Menachem Shmuel David Raichik (1918-1998) OBITUARY
Rabbi Menachem Shmuel David Raichik (1918-1998)

Rabbi Menachem Shmuel Dovid Raichik, personal emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbes, passed away Tuesday night, February 4 (8 Shevat), after a brief illness. He was 79 years old.
A Tribute to Rabbi Hodakov TRIBUTE
A Tribute to Rabbi Hodakov
A Small Man with Great Advice

At the end of the hallway at the main entrance to Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, is a small office not even ten-by-ten. You would not have known from the room's simplicity that the man who occupied it was one of the prime architects of the post-war renaissance of Jewish life.
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov (1902-1993) OBITUARY
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov (1902-1993)
A Man of Great Devotion

Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov, Chief of Staff of the office of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson for more than 40 years, passed away Friday night, April 23, after a brief illness. He was 91 years old.
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