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Rabbi Shimon Schwab

Hebrew: הרב שמעון שוואַבּ
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Death: February 14, 1995 (86)
New York, New York, United States
Place of Burial: Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Leopold Schwab and Hannah (Chana) Schwab
Husband of Recha Rachel Schwab
Father of Private; Private; Private; Private; Private and 1 other
Brother of Hermann (Tzvi) Schwab; Rabbi Mordechai Menachem Schwab; Rabbi Moshe Schwab and Yitzhak Izzy Schwab

Occupation: Rabbi
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About Rabbi Shimon Schwab

Shimon (Simon) Schwab (December 30, 1908 – February 13, 1995) was an Orthodox rabbi and communal leader in Germany and the United States. Educated in Frankfurt am Main and in the yeshivot of Lithuania, he was rabbi in Ichenhausen, Bavaria, after immigration to the United States in Baltimore, and from 1958 until his death at Khal Adath Jeshurun in Washington Heights, Manhattan.

He was an ideologue of Agudath Israel of America, specifically defending the Torah im Derech Eretz approach to Jewish life. He wrote several popular works of Jewish thought. Shimon Schwab was born and grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Read More . . .


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Rabbi Shimon Schwab's Timeline

1908
December 30, 1908
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1947
1947
Age 38
Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
1947
Age 38
Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
1995
February 14, 1995
Age 86
New York, New York, United States
February 14, 1995
Age 86
cemetery of "K'hal Adath Jeshurun", Clifton, New Jersey, United States