Haskel Besser

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Haskel Besser (born 1923) is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi in New York City and the subject of a biography by American writer Warren Kozak, The Rabbi of 84th Street: The Extraordinary Life of Haskel Besser.[1] [2] [3]

Besser was born in Katowice, Poland in 1923. He came to the United States in 1949, together with members of his family.[4]

He appeared in the television program The Jews of New York talking about the experience of Jews in pre-World War II Germany.The Jews of New York: Rabbi Haskel Besser and Pre-War Germany. Retrieved on 2008-04-28.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kozak, Warren (2005, © 2004). The Rabbi of 84th Street: The Extraordinary Life of Haskel Besser, 1st ed., New York, NY: HarperCollins, ix, 200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.. ISBN 006051101X. 
  2. ^ Austerlitz, Saul. "An American Journalist's Hasidic Tale. Review of The Rabbi of 84th Street: The Extraordinary Life of Haskel Besser", Forward, November 12, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 
  3. ^ Stol, Ira. "An Unlikely Yom Kippur Friendship", The New York Sun, September 24, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 
  4. ^ Satterwhite, C.J.; Michael Molyneux. "New York Bookshelf/Nonfiction: From Pastoral Cemetery To Cluttered Skyline", The New York Times, August 1, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 
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