Mother of Rabbi Meyer Berlin Dies in Jerusalem at Age of 84

Representatives of four Jewish congregations in Westchester County will meet today at the Jewish Community Center of White Plains, for a conference designed to bring Jewish young people in closer contact with local synagogues.

Word has been received by Rabbi Meyer Berlin, President of the Mizrachi World Organization, now visiting this country in the interests of the Mizrachi Palestine Fund, that his mother, Mrs. Bithia Miriam Berlin, died in Jerusalem Sunday night, at the age of 84. She was the wife of the Dean of the Wolozin Yeshiva, Rabbi Naphtali Zvi Jehuda Berlin, known as the “Naziv.”

Mrs. Berlin was born in Babroisk, Russia, in 1849, the daughter of the Nowogrod Rabbi, Rabbi Jechiel Michael Epstein, author of the standard halachic work “Aruch Hashulchan.” She was especially well-known for her able administration of the financial affairs of the famous Wolozin Yeshiva, the largest and most important of its time, for a period of twenty-two years. In those days, such a conspicuous and important position for a Jewish woman was unusual. She was also much admired for her Hebrew and secular knowledge.

The late Mrs. Berlin lived in Jerusalem for the last nine years, where despite her advanced age she was very active in social work. She established a Yeshiva in “Mea Shearim” for the refugee Yeshiva students of Soviet Russia.

Representatives of four Jewish congregations in Westchester County will meet today at the Jewish Community Center of White Plains, for a conference designed to bring Jewish young people in closer contact with local synagogues.Dr. Leon Mones of Newark, dean of the New Jersey Normal School for Jewish Teachers and Social Workers, will be the principal speaker. Others will include Daniel Broads of Yonkers, Miss Marjorie Peyser of New Rochelle, Richard Friedman of Mt. Vernon and Miss Rose Hecht of White Plains.