Teitelbaum, Joel ben Chananya Yom Tov Lipa

Birth Name Teitelbaum, Joel ben Chananya Yom Tov Lipa
Birth Name טייטלבוים, יואל
Also Known As Yoelish
Call Name יואל
Call Name Yoelish
Gender male
Age at Death 92 years, 7 months, 18 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth January 1, 1887 Sighetu Marmaţiei Sighet, județul Maramureș, regiunea de dezvoltare Nord-Vest, România  

Event Note

Joel Teitelbaum was the second and youngest son, and fifth child of, Grand Rabbi Chananyah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, who served as the rabbi of Sighet.

 
Occupation 1029s   Joel Teitelbaum served as Rabbi of Krole, near Satmar

Event Note

In 1928, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum was invited to become the rabbi of Satmar, but opposition to his appointment led to bitter fighting, and he did not take up the position until 1934.

 
Marriage 1904   Joel Teitelbaum, age 17 years, married Chavah, daughter of Rabbi Abraham Chaim Horowitz, the Plontcher Rav of Polaniec

 
Marriage 1938   Joel Teitelbaum married Alte Faige Shapiro

 
Transport June 30, 1944 Kasztner train רכבת קסטנר Rudolph Kasztner Transports The Kasztner train departed the Eastern railway station, Budapest, for Bergen Belsen

Event Note

In June, 1944, the Gondos family was selected by the Jewish Rescue Committee to leave Hungary on the Kasztner Train.
On June 30, 1944, they departed from the Eastern railway station in Budapest, thinking they were bound for neutral Spain or Portugal.
They were transported to Bergen-Belsen, which was then largely a detention camp for persons designated for exchange with German nationals in Allied countries, where they were placed with the rest of the transport in the Ungarnlager,

Event Note

On June 30, 1944, Joel ben Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum departed from the Eastern railway station in Budapest,on Kasztner's Train.

Event Note

In December, 1944, the Gondos family was released, and taken to Switzerland with the assistance of the International Red Cross.

 
Death August 19, 1979 Kiryas Joel קרית יואל, Orange County, New York Rabbi Joel (Yoel) Teitelbaum died at age 92 years

 

Parents

Father Teitelbaum, Chananya Yom Tov Lipa ben Yekutiel (Yekusiel) Yehuda
Siblings
  1. Teitelbaum ben Yehezkiel (Yekusiel) Yehuda

Pedigree

  1. Teitelbaum, Chananya Yom Tov Lipa ben Yekutiel (Yekusiel) Yehuda
    1. Teitelbaum ben Yehezkiel (Yekusiel) Yehuda
    2. Teitelbaum, Joel ben Chananya Yom Tov Lipa

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