Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Rabinowitz, widely known as the Monastrisher Rebbe and president of the United Grand Rabbis of the United States and Canada, a Chassidic organization, died early this morning at Mount Sinai Hospital after a long illness. He was 78 years old.
Rabbi Rabinowitz was the author of many Chassidic works. He came to this country 15 years ago from Russia. He is survived by a son, who is a rabbi in Philadelphia; a married daughter in Chicago and 12 grandchildren, of whom Rabbi Itzhak Yohel Rabinowitz is favored as his successor for the Chassidic leadership.
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