Alexander S. Gross Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Alexander Sender Gross
Yeshiva:Rabbi Alexander S. Gross Hebrew Academy
Yeshivaposition:Principal
Successor:Rabbi Yosef Heber
Semicha:Torah Vodaath
Birth Date:1917
Death Date: (aged 62–63)
Death Place:Miami Beach, Florida
Buried:Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality:American
Denomination:Orthodox
Spouse:Shirley Gross
Children:Rabbi Shraga Gross, Ora Lee Kanner, Rabbi Karmi Gross, Ephraim Gross, Gila Schwerd
Alma Mater:Torah Vodaath, Columbia University, University of Miami

Alexander S. Gross (1917 – March 10, 1980), was an American Orthodox rabbi who established the Hebrew Academy of Greater Miami, the first Orthodox Jewish day school south of Baltimore, Maryland. Gross played a central role in the establishment of Jewish life in south Florida.

A graduate of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and the Mesivta, he was also educated at Columbia University. In addition, he studied advanced Jewish Studies at the University of Miami.

Gross was the president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, was active in the United Jewish Appeal and in the State of Israel Bonds, was regional chairman of Torah U'Mesorah, and was a member of the Rabbinical Council of America's educational committee. He was a strong supporter of Israel, visiting in 1963,[1] and spending a sabbatical year there in 1973–74.[2] Gross was a close student of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the founder of Torah U'Mesorah, an outreach and educational organization, that was described by the words of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein: "Were it not for him, there would be no Torah study and no Fear of Heaven at all in America."

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  1. Web site: Miami Beach Philanthropist Sees Israel the Fulfillment of His Lifelong Dreams. Jewish Floridian. 17 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Hebrew Academy, Central Agency Begin Institute for Torah Studies. Jewish Floridian. 17 November 2013.