BDE: Rav Yeshaya Roth z"l, Holocaust Survivor and Askan

Boro Park - We are saddened to inform of the petira of Rav Yeshaya Roth, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in Budapest and later became an askan. He was 90.

Rav Yeshaya was a son of famed Holocaust rescuer Rav Chaim Roth, whose daring exploits helped save the lives of hundreds of Yidden during the war.

The father and son hid out until the war ended. They then moved to Williamsburg where they dedicated their lives to helping establish the chassidishe community there.

Rav Yeshaya's father Rav Chaim later became the rosh hakohol of the Pupa kehilla.

Yehi zichro boruch.