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Avrohom Pinter

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47: 244:, Pinter "gave his life to save his neighbors. When the British government ordered a lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, Pinter went door-to-door in northeast London to deliver the public health warning to the ultra-Orthodox Jews in his community. Within days, the 71-year-old rabbi had caught COVID-19 and died." 255:
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,
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In January 2022 it was announced that a new organisation, the Pinter Trust, named after the late rabbi and chaired by Rabbi Avroham Sugarman, is being set up to seek to improve public perceptions of Charedi Jews in the United Kingdom.
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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".
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Pinter's parents were Rabbi Shmuel (Shmelke) Pinter, who arrived in London from Vienna in 1938 as a teenager, and his wife Gittel Margulies, the daughter of the Premishlan
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as "a much loved figure across the community, building bridges between different groups of Jews, Government & wider UK society". His friend
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Pinter married Gittel Rochel Beck (known as Rachel); in 1971 and they had several children, two of whom became rabbis.
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as no. 32 on their list of influential British Jews. He was the principal of the
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In July 2018, along with 67 other rabbis, he signed an open letter to the
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making the case for the full definition of antisemitism drafted by the
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He was also a local government politician who served as a 966:"'God bless the compromisers' – a personal tribute to Rabbi Pinter" 924:"UK's ultra-Orthodox Jews launch trust to engage with wider public" 500:"'God bless the compromisers' – a personal tribute to Rabbi Pinter" 195: 153: 417:"Tributes paid to Rabbi Avrohom Pinter who dies from coronavirus" 327: 953: 743:"Lives Lost: London rabbi worked to end community's isolation" 387:"Judges reject bias claim against Jewish housing association" 323:"Renowned British Rabbi Avraham Pinter succumbs to COVID-19" 800:"Rabbi Avrohom Pinter dies after contracting coronavirus" 446:"London Borough of Hackney election results 1964–2010" 218:(IHRA) to be included in the party's code of conduct. 186:, a role in which he received praise and criticism. 125: 117: 109: 99: 80: 58: 53: 34: 288:"Oral History Interview – Rabbi Abraham Pinter" 737: 735: 411: 409: 8: 1011:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in England 1006:Councillors in the London Borough of Hackney 216:International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance 528:"Comprehensive that's in a different class" 352: 350: 348: 346: 317: 315: 31: 473:Gabbitas Educational Consultants (2004). 586: 584: 582: 282: 280: 152:, (1949 – 13 April 2020) was an English 959:The Pinter Trust's page on Rabbi Pinter 475:The Independent Schools Guide 2004–2005 276: 695: 685: 477:. Kogan Page Publishers. p. 121. 247:On his death, he was described by the 922:Sherwood, Harriet (24 January 2022). 7: 964:Oryszczuk, Stephen (14 April 2020). 498:Oryszczuk, Stephen (14 April 2020). 444:Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. 184:Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School 622:"Rabbi Pinter: A most faithful man" 954:Official website: The Pinter Trust 867:"BD"E: Rabbi Avraham Pinter, Zt"l" 593:"Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, 70, London" 25: 894:Rocker, Simon (24 January 2022). 853:Board of Deputies of British Jews 713:Eckersley, Max (17 August 2018). 385:Booth, Robert (6 February 2019). 249:Board of Deputies of British Jews 45: 358:"JC Power 100: Numbers 50 – 11" 238:on 13 April 2020. According to 526:Paton, Graeme (1 March 2007). 1: 1031:Labour Party (UK) councillors 798:Harpin, Lee (13 April 2020). 591:Super, Mendel (1 June 2020). 560:"Pinteresque drama at school" 176:. In 2014 he was ranked by 156:and a leading figure in the 234:Pinter died in London from 1057: 1026:Jewish British politicians 1036:People from Stamford Hill 771:"Mrs. Gittel Pinter, a"h" 44: 27:English rabbi (1949–2020) 1021:Haredi rabbis in Europe 1016:English Orthodox rabbis 658:Yesodey Hatorah Schools 170:Hackney Borough Council 651:; Jolles, Michael A.; 649:Rubinstein, William D. 653:Rubinstein, Hilary L. 901:The Jewish Chronicle 805:The Jewish Chronicle 627:The Jewish Chronicle 565:The Jewish Chronicle 363:The Jewish Chronicle 179:The Jewish Chronicle 533:The Daily Telegraph 453:Plymouth University 366:. 10 September 2014 174:London Jewish Forum 1041:Rabbis from London 663:Palgrave Macmillan 556:Alderman, Geoffrey 168:councillor on the 121:Gittel Rochel Beck 830:The Yeshiva World 751:. 13 October 2022 672:978-1-4039-3910-4 620:(17 April 2020). 135: 134: 88:(aged 70–71) 75:, London, England 16:(Redirected from 1048: 982: 980: 978: 941: 940: 938: 936: 919: 913: 912: 910: 908: 891: 885: 884: 882: 880: 863: 857: 856: 855:. 13 April 2020. 848: 842: 841: 839: 837: 823: 817: 816: 814: 812: 795: 789: 788: 786: 784: 767: 761: 760: 758: 756: 739: 730: 729: 727: 725: 710: 704: 703: 697: 693: 691: 683: 681: 679: 645: 639: 638: 636: 634: 618:Glasman, Maurice 614: 608: 607: 605: 603: 588: 577: 576: 574: 572: 552: 546: 545: 543: 541: 523: 517: 516: 514: 512: 495: 489: 488: 470: 464: 463: 461: 459: 450: 441: 435: 434: 432: 430: 413: 404: 403: 401: 399: 382: 376: 375: 373: 371: 354: 341: 340: 338: 336: 319: 310: 309: 307: 305: 296:. 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Abraham Pinter

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London Jewish Forum
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Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School
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Board of Deputies of British Jews
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