Biography ❯ Notable Figures

Religious Leaders

Educators Rabbi Alvin Kass Voddie Baucham Jr. Popes Presidents of the Church Agha Family Chabad Rabbis José María Díaz Fernández Jeffrey R. Holland Rabbi Chananya Sinai Dovid Halberstam

Rabbi Irving Goodman, Longtime Woodridge Rav and Educator, Dies

Community tributes credit him with sustaining Jewish life in Sullivan County.

Rabbi Yechiel Yerachmiel Naparstek, 92, Dies in Kfar Chabad on Chol Hamoed Pesach

Rabbi Elyakim Schlesinger, Veteran London Rosh Yeshiva, Dies at 104

Uri Lupolianski, Yad Sarah Founder and Former Jerusalem Mayor, Dies at 74

Rabbi Chananya Sinai Dovid “Chesed” Halberstam Dies at 74 With Funeral Passing 770 Before Queens Burial

Rabbi Baruch Shalom Kahan, 91, Dies, Noted Preserver of Early Rebbe Talks

Rabbi Alvin Kass, NYPD’s Longest-Serving Chief Chaplain, Dies at 89

José María Díaz Fernández, Former Dean of Cathedral of Santiago, Dies at 96

Kashmir Bids Farewell to Agha Syed Mohammad Baqir Al-Moosavi