What is Menachem Mendel Taub?
[[File:Menachem Mendel Taub.jpg|thumb|200px|Taub in 2008]] '''Menachem Mendel Taub''' ({{Lang-he|מנחם מנדל טאוב}}&lrm;; 1923 – 28 April 2019) was an [[Israel]]i [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] [[Rabbi|rebbe]] and [[Holocaust]] survivor. He brought the [[Kaliv community|Kaliv]] [[dynasty]] with him to Israel. He founded Kiryas Kaliv in [[Rishon LeZion]], before it was moved to [[Bnei Brak]], a city near the [[Yarkon Park]], and finally [[Jerusalem]]. He was known for his efforts in remembering Jewish victims of the Holocaust. He wrote the book, ''Shema Yisrael: Testimonies of devotion, courage, and self-sacrifice, 1939–1945'', a collection of more than 500 first-person accounts of Holocaust survivors.<ref name=JP>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Holocaust-survivor-Kariv-Rebbe-passes-away-at-96-588065|title=Holocaust survivor Kaliv Rebbe passes away at 96|author=Bresky, Ben|date=29 April 2019|access-date=29 April 2019|work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> Taub was born in [[Marghita]] is a city in [[Bihor]] County, [[Crișana]] region, [[Romania]]. During [[World War II]], Taub was a prisoner at many [[concentration camp]]s. While at [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]], he was reportedly [[experiment]]ed on by [[Josef Mengele]]. Because of these experiments, Taub could [[Infertility|not have children]] or grow [[Beard|facial hair]]. He was later taken to [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]]. After the war, he moved to [[United States]] with his wife. The couple later moved to Israel in 1962.<ref name=JC>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/holocaust-survivor-educator-rabbi-menachem-mendel-taub-kaliver-rebbe-dies-at-96-josef-mengele-1.483498|title=Holocaust survivor and educator Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, the Kaliver Rebbe, dies at 96|author=Sugarman, Daniel|date=29 April 2019|access-date=29 April 2019|work=The Jewish Chronicle}}</ref> Taub died in Jerusalem on 28 April 2019, at the age of 96.<ref name=JP/><ref name=JC/> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taub