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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/15855/full/15855/rabbi-avram-twersky-dies-man-of-unshakable-faith/ <br /><br /> <b>Rabbi Avram Twersky dies; ‘man of unshakable faith’</b> <br /> Friday, June 15, 2001 | by <p>NEW YORK (JTA)—Rabbi Avram Twersky, a Holocaust survivor and a seventh-generation descendant of the founder of Chassidism, th </p> <br /><br /><p>In the Bronx, Twersky was an active communal leader, spearheading the drive to preserve the local mikvah and serving as a chaplain with the New York City Police Department.<br /><br /> The heir to the Chernobyl rabbinic dynasty, Twersky was also an ardent supporter of Zionism who was active in annual appeals for the state of Israel.<br /><br /> "He was a rabbi cut from the old-style European cloth," said his eldest son, Mordechai. "Despite what he saw during the Holocaust, he was a man of unshakable faith."<br /><br /> Twersky is also survived by a daughter and another son, three sisters and six grandchildren—as well as by his wife of more than 40 years.</p> <p> </p>

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