Gedaliah Anemer
Orthodox Jewish Rabbi
About Gedaliah Anemer
Lived 1932 – 2010 (aged 78). Gedaliah Anemer was a rosh yeshiva.
Rabbi Gedaliah Anemer, also known as Rav Gedaliah Ben Zev HaKohen (March 19, 1932 – April 15, 2010), was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and founder of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, where he served as rosh yeshiva (dean) for 45 years. He was a disciple of Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch.
Career Anemer received his semikhah (rabbinical ordination) in 1952 and soon after became the rosh yeshiva of the Boston Rabbinical Seminary, a collaborative effort between Lakewood Yeshiva and Telshe Yeshiva.
In 1963, Anemer founded the Yeshiva of Greater Washington.
Death and burial Anemer died of a stroke on Thursday, April 22, 2010. He was 78.
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Who was Gedaliah Anemer?
orthodox Jewish Rabbi (1932–2010)
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Gedaliah Anemer was born on 19 March 1932.
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Gedaliah Anemer died on 15 April 2010.
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Gedaliah Anemer was a rosh yeshiva.
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