(PDF) (DOC) (JPG)January 24, 2023

“Saving the Jewish Cemeteries of Eastern Europe” with Rabbi Moshe J. Rubin

Tuesday, February 28 at 6:00 PM at the Fairlawn Jewish Center
Co-organized by the Fairlawn Jewish Center

To register email info@fljc.com

Rabbi Rubin has continued the work of his grandfather and namesake leading in Geder Avos, an organization which aims to restore and preserve Jewish cemeteries across Central and Eastern Europe, which suffered grievous destruction and neglect during the Holocaust and through decades of Communist Party rule. His talk will begin with a discussion of his grandfather’s life, legacy, and unique thought, all of which informed his work on Jewish cemeteries. Rabbi Moshe Yosef Rubin was born in Bukovina in 1895 to the future Hassidic Rebbe of Siret, Rabbi Mendel Rubin, and his wife Beila (née Horowitz). From 1922-1940 Rabbi Rubin served as Chief Rabbi of Campulung and from 1941 to 1946 as the President of the Rabbinical Council and Chairman of Agudath Israel in Romania. He founded the World Center of European Rabbis after WWII and, in 1962, an organization called Geder Avos. The second half of Rabbi Rubin’s talk will focus on the fascinating history of Geder Avos, including its recent and ongoing successes, under his grandfather’s leadership and his own.

Rabbi Moshe J. Rubin directs Geder Avos, the organization founded by his grandfather and namesake (1895, Bukovina – 1980, Brooklyn) to preserve the heritage of Central and Eastern European Jewry with a particular focus on restoring and securing Jewish cemeteries. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Rabbi Rubin earned a BA in Jewish studies and rabbinic ordination from Machon LeTorah VeHaro’ah, under the auspices of Avrohom Wosner. He descends from Hasidic rebbes on both sides of his family. Rabbi Rubin is a board member for the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative and the Israel-based Oholei Zadikim organization. He chairs the board of INEXTG, Israel’s Next Generation. His publications include, Der Cimpulunger Rav: The Life and Times of Rabbi Moshe Yosef Rubin, A Father to So Many Chassidim: The Story of Reb Avrohom Mayorer Drizin, and Celebration 75: A Dynastic History of the Rubin, Hager, Rokeach, and Horowitz Families.

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Rabbi Moshe Yosef Rubin

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