Tzemach Cunin

Tzemach Yehoshua Cunin (March 27, 1976 – July 5, 2019) was an American rabbi, and the founder of the Chabad of Century City in Los Angeles, California.

Tzemach Yehoshua Cunin
Born	(1976-03-27)March 27, 1976 Los Angeles County, California
Died	July 5, 2019(2019-07-05) (aged 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Rabbi
Spouse	Ada Wilschanski ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	5
Parent(s)	Shlomo Cunin, Miriam Cunin

Life

Cunin was born on March 27, 1976, to Shlomo Cunin, the director of Chabad-Lubavitch of California.^[1][2]

Cunin assisted his father in his ongoing effort to repatriate the Schneerson Library from Russia to the United States beginning when he was a teenager and continuing into adulthood.^[2][3] In 1990, Cunin founded the Chabad of Century City in Los Angeles.^[1][2] He also founded Beis Chaya Mushka, an all-girl school in Los Angeles.^[1]

Cunin married Ada Wilschanski in 2000;^[2] they had five children.^[4] He died on July 5, 2019, at 43.^[1][2][4]