Leib Gurwicz

Male, Deceased Person

1906 – 1982

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Who was Leib Gurwicz?

Aryeh Ze'ev Gurwicz was an influential Orthodox rabbi and Talmudic scholar. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elyah Lopian and best known as Rosh Yeshiva of the Gateshead Yeshiva in Gateshead, England, where he taught for over 30 years.

He studied at various yeshivas in Lithuania and Poland before marrying and moving to England in 1932. This move saved him from the Holocaust under the Nazis.

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Born
1906
Molėtai
Children
Died
Oct 20, 1982
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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