Gershon Tannenbaum

Gershon Tannenbaum (1949 – 2016) was the director of the Rabbinical Alliance of America[1][2][3] (Iggud HaRabbonim) and a longtime Jewish Press columnist (Machberes).[4][5]

His Machberes column, sometimes spanning more than one page,[5] was subtitled "News and Views of the Yeshivish and Chasidishe World."[6] Tannenbaum, in noting a Yartzeit, would sometimes recount the individual's life story.[7]

He was also the rabbi of the 1924-founded B’nai Israel of Linden Heights synagogue, in Boro Park.[8][9]

Tannenbaum was involved in helping victims of abuse,[10][11] and his concern was reflected in his writings.[12]

My Machberes

Tannenbaum was known for his full page[13] detailed writings in a long-running Jewish Press featured column. When the rabbi named by an Australian newspaper's "World's oldest rabbi visits Oz" headline [14] died a year later at age 106, the two line caption on the front-page photo of the funeral ended "see My Machberes."[15]

Biography

Tannenbaum was born 1949 in a DP camp located in Windsheim, Germany.[16] He continued the family history of service as a rabbi.[17]

His rabbinical studies were both in Israel and the USA.[16][18]

He is survived by his wife, their two sons who are rabbis, and two (married) daughters.[17]

References

  1. ^ Andy Newman (May 13, 2005). "Reform Jews, Adrift in a Sea of Black Hats". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "RAA Observes Yahrzeit Of Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum". 5tJt.com (Five Towns Jewish Times). March 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Julian E. Barnes (June 2, 2000). "Symbolic Line Divides Jews In Borough Park; A Debate Over Strictures For Sabbath Observance". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a word meaning notebook in Hebrew
  5. ^ a b Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum (May 10, 2002). "Trip to Israel (Part two)". The Jewish Press.
  6. ^ Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum (July 11, 2012). "My Machberes". JewishPress.com (The Jewish Press).
  7. ^ In this case, how the only holder in New York City of the title "Chief Rabbi" (of a city) came to this title, in 1888.
  8. ^ James Barron (July 13, 2011). "7 Blocks to Walk, Brooklyn Boy Never Got Home". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Writers Project Survey of State and Local Historical Records (1939), Jewish - Synagogues". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  10. ^ "Ultra Orthodox". NYTsyn.com (NYTimes Syndicate). ... Rabbi Yosef Blau and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum at a Seder for abuse victims
  11. ^ "Special Passover seder in BK honors abuse victims". News12 Brooklyn.
  12. ^ "Native Americans, Rabbis, And The State Of Israel". Five Towns Jewish Times. October 22, 2015. This is unveiled when studying Native American (Indian) history as well as the history of Japanese Americans.
  13. ^ sometimes extending to a continuation page
  14. ^ Dalia Sable (June 16, 2010). "World's oldest rabbi visits Oz". The Australian Jewish News (AJN).
  15. ^ Bottom third of Front Page photo/two line caption: "Thousands of mourners in Jerusalem take part in funeral of Rabbi Yitzchok Dov Koppelman, who passed away at age 106 in Switzerland. See My Machberes". The Jewish Press. June 24, 2011.
  16. ^ a b "Brooklyn, NY – Jewish Community Mourns The Sudden Loss Of Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum". Vosizneias. February 10, 2016.
  17. ^ a b "4th Yahrzeit Observance of Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, zt'l". 5tJt.com (Five Towns Jewish Times). March 4, 2020. and Rabbi Chaim Zev Tannenbaum and Rabbi Yitzchok Dov Tannenbaum, the sons of Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, zt'l.
  18. ^ "He studied in Yeshiva Chasam Sofer, Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem, Yeshivat HaTefutzot and Yeshiva University. Rabbi Tannenbaum served as a shamash to Rabbi Aryeh Levine in Jerusalem for a short time and his was the first semicha conferred in Jerusalem after its reunification in 1967."


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