Avrohom Pinter

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Avrohom Pinter, also known as Abraham Pinter,[1] Avraham Pinter[2] or Avram Pinter,[3] (1949 – 13 April 2020) was an English rabbi and a leading figure in the Haredi community in Stamford Hill, London.[4][3] He was also a local government politician who served as a Labour councillor on the Hackney Borough Council[5] (Northfield ward, elected 1982 and 1986).[6] He also represented Haredi interests on the London Jewish Forum.[3] In 2014 he was ranked by the Jewish Chronicle as no. 32 on their list of influential British Jews.[3] He was the principal of the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School,[5][7][8] a role in which he received praise and criticism.[9][10]

Pinter, a son of Rabbi Shmuel (Shmelke) Pinter,[11][12] was born in Stamford Hill in 1949.[1] He married Gittel Beck (1947–2014) daughter of Harav Moshe Yaakov Beck, zt”l, the Rav of Apsha in Czechoslovakia-Hungary (later Rav of Bais Hamedrash Ahavas Torah VChesed in Boro Park - 1640 50th Street) in 1971 and they had several children together, two of whom, Yisrael and Chaim, became rabbis.[13]

Pinter died in London from COVID-19 on 13 April 2020.[2][14][15] On his death, he was described by the Board of Deputies of British Jews as "a much loved figure across the community, building bridges between different groups of Jews, Government & wider UK society".[16] His friend Maurice Glasman paid tribute to the fact that "Avruham Pinter, for many years, was trusted by the different Chasidic groups and represented them on the Kedassia board, in the Union of Independent Orthodox Congregations and to the outside world." The Hasidic newspaper, Hamodia, said "It is rare in the U.K. for a chassidishe rabbi to be mourned equally by schoolgirls, Rabbanim, the Bishop of London, pillars of the Anglo-Jewish community and the Mayor of London".[17] R' Avrohom Pinter was a mechutan with the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe (R' Ahron Shochet-son of Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe married Esther Pinter-daughter of R' Avrohom Pinter). R' Pinter was a brother-in-law of R' Shmuel Dovid Beck, a renowned posek and Rav in Flatbush. R' Shmuel Dovid Beck is the Rav in Beis Medrash Ahavas Dovid - 924 East 10th Street in Brooklyn, NY. R' Beck also gives the Hashgacha in different stores and Restaurants, such as Pizza Time in Flatbush, and in ShopRite on McDonald Avenue.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Oral History Interview – Rabbi Abraham Pinter". Hackney Museum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Renowned British Rabbi Avraham Pinter succumbs to COVID-19". Ynetnews. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "JC Power 100: Numbers 50 – 11". The Jewish Chronicle. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ Booth, Robert (6 February 2019). "Judges reject bias claim against Jewish housing association". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Tributes paid to Rabbi Avrohom Pinter who dies from coronavirus". Jewish News. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hackney election results 1964–2010" (PDF). Plymouth University. Retrieved 15 April 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  7. ^ Gabbitas Educational Consultants (2004). The Independent Schools Guide 2004–2005. Kogan Page Publishers. p. 121. ISBN 0-7494-4164-X.
  8. ^ Oryszczuk, Stephen (14 April 2020). "'God bless the compromisers' – a personal tribute to Rabbi Pinter". Jewish News. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ^ Paton, Graeme (1 March 2007). "Comprehensive that's in a different class". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  10. ^ Alderman, Geoffrey. "Pinteresque drama at school". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. ^ Glasman, Maurice (17 April 2020). "Rabbi Pinter: A most faithful man". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  12. ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011). Yesodey Hatorah Schools. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Mrs. Gittel Pinter, a"h". Hamodia. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  14. ^ Harpin, Lee (13 April 2020). "Rabbi Avrohom Pinter dies after contracting coronavirus". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  15. ^ "HUGE LOSS IN STAMFORD HILL: Petira of HaRav Avrohom Pinter ZT"L Of London, Face Of Chareidi Jewry In U.K." The Yeshiva World. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Statement on the passing of Rabbi Avrohom Pinter" (Press release). London: Board of Deputies of British Jews. 13 April 2020.
  17. ^ "BD"E: Rabbi Avraham Pinter, Zt"l". Hamodia. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

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