Nisson Wolpin

Nisson Wolpin was an Orthodox rabbi[1] and (1970-2008)[2] the editor of The Jewish Observer.[3][1] For "many summers" he "served as learning director" at Camp Munk.[4] In 2010 he and his wife moved to Israel,[2] where he learned in a Kollel.[4]

Education

His 1932 birth[2] in Seattle, Washington to Bentzion and Kaila Wolpin came at a time and place where there was no other option other than attending a local public school[4] Like his three[5] brothers, in the afternoon he attended a Talmud Torah. At age 15 he was sent to Yeshiva Torah Vodaas.[2][6]

Wolpin was one of "a small cadre of talmidim" selected by Gedaliah Schorr to be students at a Los Angeles-based yeshiva founded in 1952 by Simcha Wasserman.[7]

The Jewish Observer
Main article: The Jewish Observer

Wolpin was the editor of The Jewish Observer, published by Agudas Yisroel of America.[8] When he was offered the position in 1970, he was married, and had been a rebbe at Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel in Queens for several years. He asked Yaakov Kamenetzky, who told him: "Until now you were a mechanech of children. From now on you will be a mechanech for adults."[4]

Olomeinu
Main article: Olomeinu

For several years he had a role in Olomeinu, the children's periodical. [5][9]

End of life

His wife survived him, as did their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren. This contrasts with the situation from Wolpin's parents: prior to their coming to the United States, 13 of their 15 children died of childhood diseases.[5]

One obituary referred to him as "father of the flourishing chareidi press in the English language today."[10]

References
  1. Nisson Wolpin (April 4, 1995). "Orthodox Judaism Doesn't Lack Vision". The New York Times.
  2. Rafael Hoffman (April 25, 2017). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Zt"l, Pioneer of Torah Journalism". Hamodia.
  3. Nisson Wolpin (August 8, 1987). "Israel and Conversion". The New York Times.
  4. "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin zt"l". Matzav. April 24, 2017.
  5. Yonason Rosenblum (April 26, 2017). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, ZT"L". Yated Ne'eman (United States).
  6. Avi Shafran (May 28, 2017). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, z"l: Shloshim Recollections". CrossCurrents.
  7. "Rav Mendel Weinbach" (PDF). p. 13.
  8. Charles Austin (November 15, 1982). "Thousands mark Talmudic milestone". The New York Times.
  9. "Sharing Spaces, Shaping Identities: American Haredi Children's Literature". March 7, 2020.
  10. Rabbi Hillel Goldberg (November 26, 2019). "Rabbi Nisson Wolpin / Remembering A Trailblazer". Ami.


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