מורשת גלזנר

לזכר

הרב יודא צבי ז"ל

Deputy Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg

1941 until the Destruction in 1944


Rabbis of Cluj

        The list of Orthodox Rabbis of Klausenburg (Cluj) from 1812 to 1983




Rabbi Akiva Glasner Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg and his son the Deputy Rabbi

        The Chief Rabbi of Klausenburg, Rabbi Akiva and his deputy, his son, Rabbbi Yuda Tzvi.



On ז סיון ה'תשס"ח the ברית of the eight day old son of Josh and Dana Dachman-Soled took place. He is the first great grandson born after the פטירה of Rabbi Glasner and is named יהודה צבי Here is the דבר תורה given by Josh during the סעודת מצווה .

Aletter from the Rav of Gyarmat, Chaim Aharon Dovid Deutsch to his son-in-law Rabbi Glasner, 1941.

An acknowledgement from Count Folke Bernadotte sent to Rabbi Glasner and the other Rumanian refugees in Stockholm circa 1947.

A photograph taken at the Helsingo, Sweden DP camp circa 1947.


A photograph of Rabbi Simcha Wasserman, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Elchonon at the bar mitzvah reception of Rabbi Glasner's older son, June 1955.


A photograph of sephardic Chief Rabbi Nissim meeting with Rabbi Glasner, and two uncles, Yitchok Glasner and Yosef Blum circa 1966.

A response from Rabbi Glasner supporting Chabad Rabbi Boruch Shlomo Cunin's efforts to establish Released Time Religious Instruction in Los Angeles public schools, February, 1967.

Rabbi Glasner served on President Carter's Commission on the Holocaust. The Commission's report was submitted on September 27, 1979.

A discussion concerning the prohibition of counting B'nei Yisroel by Rabbi Glasner appearing in HaPardes, 1988.

The memoir of Rabbi Yuda Tzvi Glasner is available here: Faith In Spite Of All. Click here for html format.

Rememberance in the U.S. House of Representatives of Rabbi Glasner by the Hon. Carlos J. Moorhead.


Biography of Rabbi Glasner in HaPardes, 2003.


Rabbi Yuda Tzvi Glasner was niftar on
ח' אדר א תשס"ה and laid to rest in Jerusalem along side his great, holy ancestors on יב' אדר א תשס"ה.

Audio recordings of the hespedim  by his son David  at Kennedy Airport, and at the  kevurah
.