Zalman Shimon Dworkin Explained

Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin
Birth Date:	1901
Birth Place:	Rogachov, Belarus
Death Date:	1985
Death Place:	Brooklyn, NY
Occupation:	Chief Rabbi, Crown Heights Jewish community
Successor:	Rabbi Yehuda Kalmen Marlow

Zalman Shimon Dworkin was the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and a prominent member of the Chabad Hasidic movement.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Dworkin was born in 1901 in Rogachov, Belarus. He emigrated to the United States in 1958.^[3] He served as the Crown Heights Jewish community's chief rabbi until his death in 1985.^[4] Dworkin was succeeded in this role by Yehuda Kalmen Marlow.

As Dworkin was a Chabad Chassid, his rabbinic authority was sought by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/11/nyregion/rabbi-zalman-s-dworkin-85-a-leader-of-lubavitcher-sect.html Dworkin 85. New York Times. Accessed March 10, 2014.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=9IMiLBWqCsAC&pg=PA274 Survey of Jewish Affairs. Accessed March 10, 2014.
3. http://www.jta.org/1985/03/12/archive/rabbi-zalman-dworkin-dead-at-85 Dowrkin Dead at 85. Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
4. http://crownheights.info/blogs/380863/our-heroes-r-zalman-shimon-dworkin-1901-1985/ Dworkin. CrownHeights.info.
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=SZR6ZOS0-KsC&pg=PA243 The Messiah of Brooklyn