Rabbi Yisroel (Israel) Rubin, 78, Innovative Scholar Who Led Chabad in New York’s Capital Region
Rubin passed away on the evening of Shemini Atzeret, Oct.2, at the age of 78, shortly after participating in the traditional hakafot celebration at Congregation Shomray Torah, the Albany synagogue he led. His passing came almost exactly 52 years after he first arrived in Albany, a half-century during which he built dozens of community institutions, touching thousands of lives in the Capital Region and far beyond.
















