Dear Vicki:

Rabbi Israel Friedmann of Ruzhin, Russia, was the patriarch of a the
Ruzhiner, later Sadagorer, dynasty of Hasidic Rabbis. He moved to
Sadagora, Austria (now Sadgura, Ukraine) in the mid 1800s. Look for
links to the info on the Ruzhiner rebbe at the Sadgura ShtetLinks
page:

http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlinks/sadgura/sadgura.html

See also the historical account:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/sadgura.html

and the scholarly work by Dr. Assaf of Tel Aviv:
http://spinoza.tau.ac.il/hci/vip/David-assaf.html

Today, the Friedmann rabbis still lead the Sadagora Hasidim in
Israel, London, and elsewhere.

Bruce Reisch
Geneva, NY

Subject: Rabbinical FRIEDMANs
From: ctf-vif@mindspring.com
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 21:51:24 -0500

Does anyone have any information about FRIEDMANs who were Rabbis?


Vicki Ina Friedman
Acworth, GA, USA
ctf-vif@mindspring.com