# Nisson Wolpin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nisson_Wolpin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nisson_Wolpin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisson_Wolpin > Source revision: 1332942118 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American rabbi and editor (1932–2017)}} thumb|Rabbi Nisson Wolpin '''Nisson Wolpin''' was an [Orthodox](/source/Orthodox_Judaism) [rabbi](/source/rabbi) and (1932-2017), renowned for being the editor of [The Jewish Observer](/source/The_Jewish_Observer).{{cite news |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/08/opinion/l-israel-and-conversion-317387.html |title=Israel and Conversion |author=Nisson Wolpin |date=August 8, 1987}}{{cite news |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/10/opinion/l-orthodox-judaism-doesn-t-lack-vision-317495.html |title=Orthodox Judaism Doesn't Lack Vision |author=Nisson Wolpin |date=April 4, 1995}} He also served as the learning director of Camp Munk for many summers. ==Early life== Rabbi Wolpin was born in 1932{{cite news|newspaper=[Hamodia](/source/Hamodia) |author=Rafael Hoffman|url=https://hamodia.com/2017/04/25/rabbi-nisson-wolpin-zl|title=Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, Zt"l, Pioneer of Torah Journalism|date=April 25, 2017}} in [Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington) to Bentzion and Kaila Wolpin. His parents, immigrants from Europe, lost 13 of their 15 children to childhood diseases prior to their coming to the United States. During his formative years, Seattle didn't have any fit Jewish schools for him to attend, and he therefore had no other option other than attending a local public school.{{cite news |newspaper=Matzav|url=https://matzav.com/rabbi-nisson-wolpin-ztl|title=Rabbi Nisson Wolpin zt"l |date=April 24, 2017}} Like his three brothers, he attended a [Talmud Torah](/source/Talmud_Torah) in the afternoon. At age 15 he was sent to [Yeshiva Torah Vodaath](/source/Yeshiva_Torah_Vodaath).{{cite magazine |magazine=[CrossCurrents](/source/CrossCurrents)|url=https://cross-currents.com/2017/05/28/rabbi-nisson-wolpin-zl-shloshim-recollections|title=Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, z"l: Shloshim Recollections|author=Avi Shafran |date=May 28, 2017}} Wolpin was one of "a small cadre of talmidim" selected by [Gedaliah Schorr](/source/Gedaliah_Schorr) to be students at a [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)-based yeshiva founded in 1952 by [Simcha Wasserman](/source/Simcha_Wasserman).{{cite web|url=https://ohr.edu/special/ravweinbach/RememberingRavWeinbach.pdf|title=Rav Mendel Weinbach |page=13}} == Career == During his adult years as a married man, Rabbi Wolpin served as a ''rebbi'' (teacher of Torah) at Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael in Queens, an [elementary](/source/elementary_school) yeshiva for Orthodox Jewish boys. In 1970, he was offered the position of editor of ''[The Jewish Observer](/source/The_Jewish_Observer)'', a newspaper published by [Agudath Israel of America](/source/Agudath_Israel_of_America).{{cite news |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/15/nyregion/thousands-mark-talmudic-milestone.html|title=Thousands mark Talmudic milestone|author=Charles Austin |date=November 15, 1982}} Before accepting the position, he approached Rabbi [Yaakov Kamenetzky](/source/Yaakov_Kamenetzky), who told him: "Until now you were a ''[mechanech](/source/mechanech)'' (educator) of children. From now on you will be a ''mechanech'' for adults." For several years he had a role in ''[Olomeinu](/source/Olomeinu)'', the children's periodical, as well.{{cite news|newspaper=[Yated Ne'eman (United States)](/source/Yated_Ne'eman_(United_States))|url=https://yated.com/rabbi-nisson-wolpin-ztl|title=Rabbi Nisson Wolpin, ZT"L|author=[Yonason Rosenblum](/source/Yonason_Rosenblum) |date=April 26, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://dainybernstein.com/2020/03/07/sharing-spaces-shaping-identities-american-haredi-childrens-literature|title=Sharing Spaces, Shaping Identities: American Haredi Children's Literature|date=March 7, 2020}} ==Later life== In 2010, Rabbi Wolpin and his wife moved to Israel, where he learned in a [kollel](/source/kollel). On April 24, 2017, he died in Jerusalem, survived by his wife, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. One obituary referred to him as "father of the flourishing ''[chareidi](/source/chareidi)'' press in the English language today."{{cite magazine |magazine=[Ami Magazine](/source/Ami_Magazine)|url=https://www.amimagazine.org/2017/05/03/rabbi-nisson-wolpin-remembering-trailblazer|title=Rabbi Nisson Wolpin / Remembering A Trailblazer|author=Rabbi [Hillel Goldberg](/source/Hillel_Goldberg) |date=November 26, 2019}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolpin, Nisson}} Category:2017 deaths Category:American Orthodox rabbis Category:20th-century American newspaper editors Category:20th-century American rabbis Category:1932 births Category:21st-century American rabbis Category:Writers from Seattle Category:Clergy from Seattle --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nisson Wolpin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisson_Wolpin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisson_Wolpin?action=history)). 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