Rabbi Gedalya Korf, who passed away Monday at age 90 from the coronavirus, was a quiet warrior who was among the founders and leaders of Lishkas Ezras Achim. Born in Kharkov, USSR, he is seen here blessing his grandson at his wedding in Kharkov. Korf's grandson married the daughter of the Chabad emissaries in the city from which the elder Korf had escaped.(Photo: Jewish Community of Kharkov)
Obituary: Soviet Jewry Activist Gedalya Korf, 90, ‘Said Little, Did Much’
He was the bane of journalists and interviewers, a tight-lipped, Soviet-born Lubavitcher Chassid whose poker face belied the horrors he had seen and the secret work he spent decades immersed in. Rabbi Gedalya Korf earned a reputation as a man who “said little [but] did much.” Korf passed away from COVID-19-related complications on March 30 (5 Nissan), at the age of 90, having kept most of his life’s work classified until the very end.
