Spouse(s) Risya Kazarnovsky Organization founded Akiva School | Died 23 April 2014 | |
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Born 1927 Mandatory Palestine Occupation Rabbi, Congregation Sherith Israel Notable work Think Jewish, Tanya (translator), HaYom Yom (translator), Kuntres Umaayan: Overcoming Folly (translator) Children Vivi Deren, Mendel Posner, Sussie Denebeim, Miriam Liberow, Shimon H. Posner Parents Sholom Posner (father)
Chaya (mother) Books Think Jewish, Likutei Amarim Tanya: Kuntres Acharon, Likutei Amarim Yanya | ||
Rabbi Zalman I. Posner (1927 – 2014) was an American rabbi associated with the Chabad Hasidic movement. He served as the rabbi of Congregation Sherith Israel in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Rabbi Posner was one of the first students trained at the American Lubavitcher Yeshivah in Brooklyn established in 1940 and opened in 1941.
In early 1948, Rabbi Posner was sent to DP camps and Jewish communities in Europe for education work. On his return to the States, he became the principal of the Yeshiva in Springfield, Massachusetts.
In September 1949, Rabbi Zalman Posner and his wife Risya came to Nashville, Tennessee as the first Chabad emissaries to the state, a position they held for 53 years. In 1954, they founded the Akiva School in Nashville. In September 1957, Rabbi Posner assumed deanship of the Yeshiva Achei Tmimim of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded by his parents. Despite his out-of-state duties, he continued to guide the Jewish community of Nashville as Rabbi and Principal of the Akiva Day School for many years.
Rabbi Posner died in Rancho Mirage, California on April 23, 2014.
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Rabbi Posner was the son of Rabbi Sholom Posner, and was married to Risya Posner until her death in Nashville, Tennessee in 2007.