Nisson Wolpin
Nisson Wolpin was an Orthodox rabbi[1] and (1970-2008)[2] the editor of The Jewish Observer.[3][1]
For "many summers" he "he served as learning director" at Camp Munk.[4]
In 2010 he and his wife moved to Israel,[2] where he learned in a Kollel.[4]
Education
His 1932 birth[2] in Seattle, Washington to Bentzion and Kaila Wolpin came at a time and place where there was no other option other than attending a local public school[4] Like his three[5] brothers, in the afternoon he attended a Talmud Torah. At age 15 he was sent to Yeshiva Torah Vodaas.[2][6]
Wolpin was one of "a small cadre of talmidim" selected by Gedaliah Schorr to be students at a Los Angeles-based yeshiva founded in 1952 by Simcha Wasserman.[7]
The Jewish Observer
Wolpin was the editor of The Jewish Observer, published by Agudas Yisroel of America.[8] When he was offered the position in 1970, he was married, and had been a rebbe at Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel in Queens for several years. He asked Yaakov Kamenetzky, who told him: "Until now you were a mechanech of children. From now on you will be a mechanech for adults."[4]
Olomeinu
For several years he had a role in Olomeinu, the children's periodical. [5][9]
End of life
His wife survived him, as did their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. This contrasts with the situation from Wolpin's parents: prior to their coming to the United States, 13 of their 15 children died of childhood diseases.[5]
One obituary referred to him as "father of the flourishing chareidi press in the English language today."[10]
References
- ^ a b Nisson Wolpin (April 4, 1995). "Orthodox Judaism Doesn't Lack Vision". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d Rafael Hoffman (April 25, 2017). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Zt"l, Pioneer of Torah Journalism". Hamodia.
- ^ Nisson Wolpin (August 8, 1987). "Israel and Conversion". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin zt"l". Matzav. April 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c Yonason Rosenblum (April 26, 2017). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, ZT"L". Yated_Ne'eman (United States).
- ^ Avi Shafran (May 28, 2017). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, z"l: Shloshim Recollections". CrossCurrents.
- ^ "Rav Mendel Weinbach" (PDF). p. 13.
- ^ Charles Austin (November 15, 1982). "Thousands mark Talmudic milestone". The New York Times.
- ^ "Sharing Spaces, Shaping Identities: American Haredi Children's Literature". March 7, 2020.
- ^ Rabbi Hillel Goldberg (November 26, 2019). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin / Remembering A Trailblazer". Ami (magazine).
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