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ANO TllEl!Ef"ORE IT Al!STRAl.IAN REPRESENTATIVE 01!. A. DINNE.~ HA'S NOT BEEN DANNEO. THIS IS WHY WF. ACCEPT ADVE!tTISF.MEN"f'S n !Jirriya Ruad © COPYRIGHT 2008 LISTING WEBSITE ADDRESSES, BUT IN NO WAY DOES THIS IMPLYTHA'I Belll'vuc /////, NSW 202J. AUSTRAUA JUNE/SUMMER 2008 I VOLUME XLII THE GEDOl.IM Of! 'J'Uf: JEWISH OBSERVE fl CONDONE CA5UAI. USE OF NO. 4 TflE INTERNET. L ·----~-----J SUMMER 2008 REMEMBERING Rabbi Boruch Borchardt ""~t ial Yisroel mourns the loss of a pre­ cious and beloved member of the Agudah K adn1inistration and a devoted servant of the tzibbur, Rabbi Baruch Borchardt, ''''11, who was niftar this past Erev Shavuos. He was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1924. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he and his family escaped to Shanghai, where he developed a close relation­ ship with the roshei yeshiva and the talmidim of the Mirrer Yeshiva. Arriving in New York in 1947, he married Miriam Heynemann and settled in the Washington Heights section of New York. He joined the staff of Agudas Yisroel of America, eventually assum­ ing the position of executive director of the Rabbi Borclwrdt with Rabbi Mordec/111i \Vein berg, ':i"X, at right and n"7.J\ Rabbi Yisroel Belsky. organization. He also headed Camp Agudah and Camp Bnos for many devoted partner for these past twenty two years, Mrs. Roslyn years, winning the respect and love of both staff member and Borchardt ·,nnt1. campers, and helping shape the Torah ruach of the camps. The following article focuses on his dedication to avo­ Rabbi Borchardt leaves behind doros yesharim in which he das haklal. We plan to feature a more detailed tribute in a took justifiable pride - three sons and their families- and his future issue. RABBI SHIMON FINKELMAN OF RESPONSIBILITY & GOODNESS No MESIRAS NEFESH t was the first Shabbos of the camp season and, as always, Rabbi Borchardt replied matter-of-factly: "It's not mesiras Rabbi and Mrs. Baruch Borchardt were in Camp Agudah, nefesh - it's responsibility." I to host the guest rash yeshiva and rebbetzin, to host a lavish It was through our Shabbosos together in camp that I was Kiddush for the camp families, and for Rabbi Borchardt to place privileged to develop some sort of a relationship with this his watchful eye on all that was happening in the Agudath Israel great, humble servant of Kial Yisroel. The fact that we spent boys' camps in Ferndale and girls' camps in Liberty. only Shabbosos together was in itself a great lesson. I do not What was different about this Shabbos was that in recall Rabbi Borchardt ever allowing himself a single vacation Brooklyn, Rabbi Borchardt's grandson was being called to day to relax a bit in camp and enjoy the country air.