Liepāja / Libau / Libava

Born on 23 Nisan 5666 (18 April 1906) in Lithuania. He studied at the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slobodka, where he was ordained for the rabbinate.

He served as rabbi here from 5695 (1935).

He perished here in the Holocaust in the summer of 5701 (July 1941).

Latvia: Batei Knesset VeRabbanim, p. 226. Supplement of Keren HaYishuv to the newspaper HaYnt, eve of Rosh Hashanah 5699.

Latvia and Rabbis