Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu (Simon) Dolgin passed away last night in Jerusalem at the age of 89. Born in Chicago, he received rabbinical ordination at the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, and then became the rabbi of the Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. He served in this position for 32 years, until he made aliyah (immigration) to Israel in 1971, urging his congregation members to follow in his footsteps. Rabbi Dolgin then became rabbi in the budding Ramat Eshkol neighborhood in Jerusalem. Among his accomplishments are the founding of the Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills, serving as Director-General of the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Jerusalem for five years, and chairing the World Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi Movement.



Rabbi Dolgin's funeral procession departed the Beth Jacob synagogue in Ramat Eshkol at 4:00 PM today.