About: Rafael Grossman

Rabbi Rafael G. Grossman (23 November 1933 – 12 April 2018) was a noted American rabbi. For nearly three decades, he was the rabbi of Baron Hirsch Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation in Memphis, Tennessee, and one of the largest Orthodox congregations in the United States. Grossman was also the chairman of the Religious Zionists of America. Rafael G. Grossman grew up in Lakewood, New Jersey, and was a student of Rabbi Yisroel Zev Gustman. Prior to Memphis "he held pulpits in San Antonio, New York City and New Jersey."In two of the four cities he founded a Jewish day school.