Dov Ber Abramowitz
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Dov Ber Abramowitz (born 1860 in Vabalninkas, Lithuania - 1926 in Jerusalem, Israel) was an American, Orthodox Rabbi and author.
In 1870, at the age of ten, moved with his family to Jerusalem. After being ordained by Rabbi Shmuel Salant, he served as a district rabbi in Jerusalem. In 1894, he immigrated to the United States. A few years later he was appinted as the chief dayyin of St. Louis. He was one of the founders of the Rabbi Isaac Elchonon Theological Seminary and the Aggudath Harabbinim. He formed the first branch of Mizrachi in the United States in St. Louis and served as president of the American Mizrachi.
His grandson was Abraham Leon Sachar.
[edit] References
- Goldman, Yosef. Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926, A History and Annotated Bibliography (YGBooks 2006). ISBN 1599756854.
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