ended death_date yeshiva birth_name birth_place death_place children title other_post buried denomination parents birth_date article_title name yeshivaposition began alma_mater
1964 15 february 1964 mir yeshiva , brooklyn , new york avraham kalmanowitz delyatitz , minsk province , belarus miami beach , florida shraga moshe yisroel yitzchak betzalel 3 daughters rosh yeshivas mir rav gedolei hatorah of the world agudath israel of rakov rav of tykocin member , moetzes sanhedria cemetery , jerusalem orthodox rabbi aharon aryeh leib and maita kalmanowitz 1891 avraham kalmanowitz
 avraham kalmanowitz rosh yeshiva 1946 slabodka yeshiva
avraham kalmanowitz

avraham kalmanowitz -lrb- ; 1891 -- 15 february 1964 -rrb- was an orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the mir yeshiva in brooklyn , new york from 1946 to 1964 .
born in belarus , he served as rav of several eastern european jewish communities and escaped to the united states in 1940 following the german occupation of poland .
in the u.s. he became a tireless rescue activist on behalf of the millions of jews trapped in nazi europe and in the soviet union .
he is credited with the successful transfer of the entire mir yeshiva from lithuania to shanghai , providing for its support for five years , and obtaining visas and travel fare to bring all 250 students and faculty to america after world war ii .
he established the u.s. branch of the mir in 1946 .
in the 1950s he aided north african and syrian jewish youth suffering from persecution and pogroms , and successfully lobbied for the passage of a bill granting `` endangered refugee status '' to jewish emigrants from arab lands .
