Alexander Zusia Friedman
Polish rabbi (1897–1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Zusia Friedman (Hebrew: אלכסנדר זושא פרידמן; 9 August 1897 – November 1943)[1] was a prominent Polish Orthodox Jewish rabbi, communal activist, educator, journalist, and Torah scholar. He was the founding editor of the first Agudath Israel Hebrew journal, Digleinu (Our Banner), and author of Ma'ayanah shel Torah (Wellsprings of Torah), an anthology of commentaries on the weekly Torah portion, which is still popular today. He was incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto and deported to the Trawniki concentration camp, where he was selected for deportation to the death camps and murdered around November 1943.
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Rabbi Alexander Zusia Friedman | |
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Born | Alexander Zusia Friedman 9 August 1897 |
Died | November 1943 (age 46) |
Religion | Judaism |
Nationality | Polish |
Parent | Aharon Yehoshua Friedman |
Denomination | Orthodox |
Alma mater | Sochatchov yeshiva |
Position | Secretary-General |
Organisation | Agudath Israel of Poland |
Began | 1925 |
Ended | 1943 |
Residence | Warsaw |
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