Zvi Dershowitz
Zvi Dershowitz (May 4, 1928 — March 26, 2023) is an Czech-born American rabbi. He is the Rabbi Emeritus at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. He was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He helped Iranian Jews who were fleeing their country get entry to the United States in 1979.
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| Born | Hugo Zvi Dershowitz May 4, 1928 |
| Died | March 26, 2023 (aged 94) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Rabbi at Sinai Temple |
| Spouse | Tova |
| Children | 4 |
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Leading services at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility and the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles on September 21, 2000, shortly before Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year)
Speech to Sinai Temple's Men's Club in 2012
In 1973, Dershowitz became associate rabbi at Sinai Temple. He would remain in that role for 25 years before becoming the synagogue's Rabbi Emeritus in 1998.
Dershowitz is related to Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz.[1] He died on March 26, 2023, at the age of 94.[2]
References
- Greer Fay Cashman (25 December 2009). "The Dershowitz dynasty".
- "Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz". Sinai Temple. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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