Cleveland (Hasidic dynasty)

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There are two Hasidic Jewish dynasties known as Cleveland and both are considered to be a part of the Nadvorna Dynasty.

• There is a Hasidic Jewish dynasty from Cleveland, Ohio, presently located in Ra'anana, Israel lead by Grand Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum, Clevelander Rebbe, also a scion of the Nadvorna Hasidic dynasty

• The other is presently located in Williamsburg, New York lead by Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Rosenbaum. He is the successor of his late father, the previous Clevelander Rebbe Grand Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum, author of The Sifsei Riem, who died in 1991. He was, in turn, the successor of his late father-in-law Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer [who died in Los Angeles, California in 1941] the first Clevelander Rebbe, Author of Oros Hameirim, also a scion of the Nadvorna Hasidic dynasty he founded the current Synagogue in 1934 in Williamsburg, after he moved there from Cleveland, Ohio, making it the oldest Hasidic Dynasty in Wiliamsburg. Reb Meir came to Cleveland in 1922, where he was the first Rabbi of The Congregation Bnei Yaakov Anshei Marmorish (presently known as the Green Road Synagogue Beis Ha Knesseth Shearis Hapleita Bnei Yaakov Kehilas Marmorsh).

[edit] External links

• Website About the Clevelander Rebbe of Ranaana