Rabbi Elazar Meir Teitz, Rabbi of Elizabeth, NJ passed away at 89

Rabbi Elazar Meir Teitz, Rabbi of Elizabeth, NJ passed away at 89

Rabbi Teitz took up the position of the community's rabbi in 1994, succeeding his father Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Teitz.

BD”E: Petirah Of HaRav Elazar Meir Teitz Zt”l, Longtime Leader Of Elizabeth’s Jewish Community

The Jewish community of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and beyond is mourning the petirah of Rav Elazar Mayer Teitz, zt”l, the rav of the city and leader of the Jewish Educational Center (JEC). Rav Teitz was 89 years old. A son of the late Rav Pinchas Mordechai Teitz, who served as the pioneering rav of Elizabeth from 1935 until his passing in 1995, Rav Elazar Mayer carried forward his father’s legacy of Torah, education, and communal leadership. Born i…