Years: 1923–2019
Primary city: Jerusalem
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub was the Rebbe of the Kaliv Chasidic dynasty, a survivor of Auschwitz who rebuilt his court first in the United States and then in Jerusalem. He authored Kol Menachem, a multi-volume work on the Torah and Jewish holidays. Throughout his life, he was a vocal advocate for Holocaust commemoration and education, encouraging the recitation of Shema Yisrael in memory of the victims.