What is Ronald Greenwald?
{{Infobox person | name = Ronald Greenwald | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|1|8|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|1|20|1934|1|8}} | death_place = [[Florida]], United States | nationality = American | image = In peru.jpg | occupation = Negotiator and educator }} '''Ronald Greenwald''' (January 8, 1934 – January 20, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] Jewish [[rabbi]]. He was a businessman and an educator. He was born in [[New York City]]. == Career == Greenwald made a career of spy trading, international [[hostage]] [[mediation]], and other forms of high-stakes [[diplomacy]]. He worked with [[President of the United States|Presidents]] [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] to help the Jewish community. He served as a community activist, chaired various civic boards, directed a high school a summer camp and was the [[chairman]] of [[Magenu]]. Greenwald died in his sleep while on vacation in [[Florida]] from a possible [[heart attack]] on January 20, 2016 at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2016/01/20/obituary-ronnie-greenwald/79053598/|title=Monsey Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald dies; helped free refusenik Sharansky|publisher=Lohud.com|access-date=January 21, 2016|date=January 20, 2016|author=Steve Lieberman}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{YouTube|oWYAJPhyNbE|Rabbi Ronald Greenwald's speech to the 2011 Agudah Convention}} * {{YouTube|0GmdjoHQZ3Y|Rabbi Ronald Greenwald's speech at the Bar Mitzvah of Josh Rosenberg}}. {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenwald, Ronald}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:American diplomats]] [[Category:Educators from New York City]] [[Category:American rabbis]] [[Category:Businesspeople from New York City]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:Writers from Brookly