Simcha Wasserman
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Simcha Wasserman served as Dean of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah is a Jewish day school consisting of two campuses at Southfield and Oak Park, Michigan, which serves boys and girls from pre-kindergarten to grade 12 . The school's curriculum is a blend of traditional and progressive, secular studies and religious studies, in Hebrew and...

 in Detroit in the 1940s, founded Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 in the 1950s, and later founded Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon in Jerusalem. He was the son of Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman
Elchonon Wasserman
Elchonon Wasserman was a prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva in pre-World War II Europe. He was one of the Chofetz Chaim's closest disciples and a noted Torah scholar.-Biography:...

, and was married to Rachel Fiege ("Fanny"), the daughter of Meyer Abovitz
Meyer Abovitz
Meyer Abovitz was a Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva active in Mizrachi in Eastern Europe between the Two World Wars....

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