Position Dean Residence Cleveland, Ohio Parents Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler Began 1943 Name Nachum Dessler Grandparents Reuven Dov Dessler | Buried Jerusalem, Israel Role Rabbi Denomination Orthodox Died January 23, 2011 | |
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Organisation Hebrew Academy of Cleveland Organization Hebrew Academy of Cleveland | ||
Place of burial Jerusalem, Israel, Israel | ||
Nachum Zev (Velvel) Dessler was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi who was the founder and dean of the Hebrew Academy of Cleveland.
Dessler was also instrumental in building the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools.
Personal life
Dessler was born in 1921 in Kelm to Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer & Bluma Dessler. His mother Bluma was a granddaughter to Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv and Dessler was named after Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv's son. In 1929 the family moved to London and Dessler was sent to Yeshivah Etz Chaim. Three years later he returned to Wilkomir in Lithuania to learn.
References
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