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'''Avrohom Pinter''', also known as '''Abraham Pinter''',<ref name = "Museum"/> '''Avraham Pinter'''<ref name = "Renowned"/> or '''Avram Pinter''',<ref name="Power 100"/> (1949 – 13 April 2020) was an English [[rabbi]] and a leading figure in the [[Haredi]] community in [[Stamford Hill]], London.<ref name="Power 100"/><ref name="Booth">{{cite news |last=Booth |first=Robert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/06/judges-reject-bias-claim-jewish-housing-association-agudas-israel |title=Judges reject bias claim against Jewish housing association |date=6 February 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> He was also a local government politician who served as a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] councillor on the [[Hackney Borough Council]]<ref name="JN tributes">{{cite news |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/tributes-paid-to-rabbi-avraham-pinter-who-dies-from-coronavirus/ |title=Tributes paid to Rabbi Avrohom Pinter who dies from coronavirus |date= 13 April 2020 |work=[[Jewish News]] |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> (Northfield ward, elected 1982 and 1986).<ref>{{cite web|title= London Borough of Hackney election results 1964–2010 |url= http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Hackney-1964-2010.pdf|authors=Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael|publisher= [[Plymouth University]]|access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref> He also represented Haredi interests on the [[London Jewish Forum]].<ref name="Power 100"/> In 2014 he was ranked by ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' as no. 32 on their list of influential British Jews.<ref name="Power 100">{{cite news|title=JC Power 100: Numbers 50 – 11|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/122423/jc-power-100-numbers-50-11|date=10 September 2014|access-date = 14 April 2020|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref> He was the principal of the [[Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School]],<ref name="JN tributes"/><ref>{{cite book|title=The Independent Schools Guide 2004–2005|author=Gabbitas Educational Consultants|year=2004|publisher=Kogan Page Publishers|isbn=0-7494-4164-X|page=121}}</ref><ref name="Oryszczuk">{{Cite news |last=Oryszczuk |first=Stephen |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/god-bless-the-compromisers-a-personal-tribute-to-rabbi-pinter/ |title= 'God bless the compromisers' – a personal tribute to Rabbi Pinter |date=14 April 2020 |work=[[Jewish News]] |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> a role in which he received praise and criticism.<ref>{{cite news| title=Comprehensive that's in a different class |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1544213/Comprehensive-thats-in-a-different-class.html| access-date=22 March 2011 | location=London | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | first=Graeme | last=Paton | date=1 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="Pinteresque drama">{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/columnists/43090/pinteresque-drama-school |title=Pinteresque drama at school|work= [[The Jewish Chronicle]]|author= Alderman, Geoffrey|author-link= Geoffrey Alderman| access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>


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==Early life==
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Pinter, a son of Rabbi Shmuel (Shmelke) Pinter,<ref name="Glasman">{{Cite news |last= Glasman, Maurice |author-link=Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman |url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/rabbi-pinter-a-most-faithful-man-1.499025 |title=Rabbi Pinter: A most faithful man |date=17 April 2020 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |isbn=978-1-4039-3910-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=spOxzrifZjcC&q=avraham+pinter&pg=PT2021|editor1-link=William Rubinstein|editor3-link=Hilary L. Rubinstein |editor1-last=Rubinstein|editor1-first=William D. |title=Yesodey Hatorah Schools |editor2-last=Jolles |editor2-first=Michael A. |editor3-last=Rubinstein |editor3-first=Hilary L. |work=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |year=2011 |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> was born in Stamford Hill in 1949.<ref name = "Museum">{{Cite web |url=http://museum.hackney.gov.uk/object11321 |title=Oral History Interview – Rabbi Abraham Pinter |website=[[Hackney Museum]] |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606165941/http://museum.hackney.gov.uk/object11321 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Avrohom Pinter''', also known as '''Abraham Pinter''',<ref name="Museum"/> '''Avraham Pinter'''<ref name="Renowned"/> or '''Avram Pinter''',<ref name="Power 100"/> (1949 – 13 April 2020) was an English [[rabbi]] and a leading figure in the [[Haredi]] community in [[Stamford Hill]], London.<ref name="Power 100"/><ref name="Booth">{{cite news |last=Booth |first=Robert |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/06/judges-reject-bias-claim-jewish-housing-association-agudas-israel |title=Judges reject bias claim against Jewish housing association |date=6 February 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> He was also a local government politician who served as a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] councillor on the [[Hackney Borough Council]]<ref name="JN tributes">{{cite news |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/tributes-paid-to-rabbi-avraham-pinter-who-dies-from-coronavirus/ |title=Tributes paid to Rabbi Avrohom Pinter who dies from coronavirus |date= 13 April 2020 |work=[[Jewish News]] |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> (Northfield ward, elected 1982 and 1986).<ref>{{cite web|title= London Borough of Hackney election results 1964–2010 |url= http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Hackney-1964-2010.pdf|author1=Rallings, Colin |author2=Thrasher, Michael |publisher= [[Plymouth University]]|access-date = 15 April 2020}}</ref> He represented Haredi interests on the [[London Jewish Forum]].<ref name="Power 100"/> In 2014 he was ranked by ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' as no. 32 on their list of influential British Jews.<ref name="Power 100">{{cite news|title=JC Power 100: Numbers 50 – 11|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/122423/jc-power-100-numbers-50-11|date=10 September 2014|access-date = 14 April 2020|work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]}}</ref> He was the principal of the [[Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School]],<ref name="JN tributes"/><ref>{{cite book|title=The Independent Schools Guide 2004–2005|author=Gabbitas Educational Consultants|year=2004|publisher=Kogan Page Publishers|isbn=0-7494-4164-X|page=121}}</ref><ref name="Oryszczuk">{{Cite news |last=Oryszczuk |first=Stephen |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/god-bless-the-compromisers-a-personal-tribute-to-rabbi-pinter/ |title= 'God bless the compromisers' – a personal tribute to Rabbi Pinter |date=14 April 2020 |work=[[Jewish News]] |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> a role in which he received praise and criticism.<ref>{{cite news| title=Comprehensive that's in a different class |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1544213/Comprehensive-thats-in-a-different-class.html| access-date=22 March 2011 | location=London | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | first=Graeme | last=Paton | date=1 March 2007}}</ref><ref name="Pinteresque drama">{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/columnists/43090/pinteresque-drama-school |title=Pinteresque drama at school|work= [[The Jewish Chronicle]]|author= Alderman, Geoffrey|author-link= Geoffrey Alderman| access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>
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==Family life==
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Pinter married Gittel Beck (1947–2014) daughter of Harav Moshe Yaakov Beck, zt”l, the Rav of Apsha in Czechoslovakia-Hungary (later Rav of Bais Hamedrash Ahavas Torah VChesed in Boro Park – 1640 50th Street, New York) in 1971 and they had several children together, two of whom, Yisrael and Chaim, became rabbis.<ref name="Gittel obit">{{Cite news |url=https://hamodia.com/2014/03/13/mrs-gittel-pinter-ah/ |title=Mrs. Gittel Pinter, a"h |date=13 March 2014 |work=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>


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==Early life==
Pinter's daughter Esther married Rabbi Ahron Shochet, son of the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe.
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Pinter's parents were Rabbi Shmuel (Shmelke) Pinter, who arrived in London from Vienna in 1938 as a teenager,<ref name="Super"/><ref name="Glasman">{{Cite news |last= Glasman, Maurice |author-link=Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman |url=https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/rabbi-pinter-a-most-faithful-man-1.499025 |title=Rabbi Pinter: A most faithful man |date=17 April 2020 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |isbn=978-1-4039-3910-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=spOxzrifZjcC&q=avraham+pinter&pg=PT2021|editor1-link=William Rubinstein|editor3-link=Hilary L. Rubinstein |editor1-last=Rubinstein|editor1-first=William D. |title=Yesodey Hatorah Schools |editor2-last=Jolles |editor2-first=Michael A. |editor3-last=Rubinstein |editor3-first=Hilary L. |work=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |year=2011 |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> and his wife Gittel Margulies, the daughter of the Premishlan [[rebbe]].<ref name="Super">{{Cite news |last=Super |first=Mendel |date=1 June 2020 |title=Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, 70, London |work=Chabad.org.News |url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4767667/jewish/Rabbi-Avrohom-Pinter-70-London.htm |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> He was born at his parents' house<ref name="Super"/> in Stamford Hill in 1949<ref name="Museum">{{Cite web |url=http://museum.hackney.gov.uk/object11321 |title=Oral History Interview – Rabbi Abraham Pinter |website=[[Hackney Museum]] |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-date=6 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606165941/http://museum.hackney.gov.uk/object11321 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and had three brothers and two sisters.


==Antisemitism==
He was a brother-in-law of Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Beck, a renowned [[posek]] and [[Rav]] in [[Flatbush]], New York. Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Beck is the Rav in Beis Medrash Ahavas Dovid at 924 East 10th Street in [[Brooklyn]], New York.
In July 2018, along with 67 other rabbis, he signed an open letter to the [[UK Labour Party]]'s then-leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] making the case for the full definition of antisemitism drafted by the [[International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance]] (IHRA) to be included in the party's code of conduct.<ref>{{Cite news |last= Eckersley |first= Max |date=17 August 2018 |title='Victims are becoming the perpetrators': Rabbi and former Labour councillor hits out at 'toxic' atmosphere in local party |work=Hackney Citizen |url=https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2018/08/17/rabbi-former-councillor-toxic-atmosphere-hackney-labour/ |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>

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==Family life==
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Pinter married Gittel Rochel Beck (known as Rachel);<ref name="Independent">{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/lives-lost-london-rabbi-worked-to-end-communitys-isolation-london-europe-community-rabbi-life-b1006994.html|date=13 October 2022 |title=Lives Lost: London rabbi worked to end community's isolation |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> in 1971 and they had several children, two of whom became rabbis.<ref name="Gittel obit">{{Cite news |url=https://hamodia.com/2014/03/13/mrs-gittel-pinter-ah/ |title=Mrs. Gittel Pinter, a"h |date=13 March 2014 |work=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>


==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Pinter died in London from [[COVID-19]] on 13 April 2020.<ref name = "Renowned">{{cite news |title=Renowned British Rabbi Avraham Pinter succumbs to COVID-19 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1SjjSzOI |access-date=13 April 2020 |work=[[Ynet#Ynetnews|Ynetnews]] |date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Harpin 13.4.20">{{Cite news |last=Harpin |first=Lee |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/rabbi-avrohom-pinter-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-1.498990?fbclid=IwAR2Wc4D3RU4AR92gwZ7dLwscO8uFpv1hQ6KlDV1W-tTFbuw3QIw9BZQHo9g |title=Rabbi Avrohom Pinter dies after contracting coronavirus |date=13 April 2020 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=HUGE LOSS IN STAMFORD HILL: Petira of HaRav Avrohom Pinter ZT"L Of London, Face Of Chareidi Jewry In U.K. |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/boruch-dayan-emmes/1849328/huge-loss-in-stamford-hill-petira-of-harav-avrohom-pinter-ztl-of-london-face-of-chareidi-jewry-in-u-k.html |access-date=13 April 2020 |work=The Yeshiva World |date=13 April 2020}}</ref> On his death, he was described by the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] as "a much loved figure across the community, building bridges between different groups of Jews, Government & wider UK society".<ref name="Board">{{Cite press release |title=Statement on the passing of Rabbi Avrohom Pinter |date=13 April 2020 |publisher=[[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] |location=London}}</ref> His friend [[Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman|Maurice Glasman]] paid tribute to the fact that "Avruham Pinter, for many years, was trusted by the different Chasidic groups and represented them on the Kedassia board, in the Union of Independent Orthodox Congregations and to the outside world." The Hasidic newspaper, ''[[Hamodia]],'' said "It is rare in the U.K. for a chassidishe rabbi to be mourned equally by schoolgirls, Rabbanim, the Bishop of London, pillars of the Anglo-Jewish community and the Mayor of London".<ref name="Namodia obit">{{Cite news |url=https://hamodia.com/2020/04/13/bde-rabbi-avraham-pinter-ztl/ |title=BD"E: Rabbi Avraham Pinter, Zt"l|date=13 April 2020 |work=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
Pinter died in London from [[COVID-19]] on 13 April 2020.<ref name="Renowned">{{cite news |title=Renowned British Rabbi Avraham Pinter succumbs to COVID-19 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1SjjSzOI |access-date=13 April 2020 |work=[[Ynet#Ynetnews|Ynetnews]] |date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Harpin 13.4.20">{{Cite news |last=Harpin |first=Lee |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/rabbi-avrohom-pinter-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-1.498990 |title=Rabbi Avrohom Pinter dies after contracting coronavirus |date=13 April 2020 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=13 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=HUGE LOSS IN STAMFORD HILL: Petira of HaRav Avrohom Pinter ZT"L Of London, Face Of Chareidi Jewry In U.K. |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/boruch-dayan-emmes/1849328/huge-loss-in-stamford-hill-petira-of-harav-avrohom-pinter-ztl-of-london-face-of-chareidi-jewry-in-u-k.html |access-date=13 April 2020 |work=The Yeshiva World |date=13 April 2020}}</ref> According to ''[[The Independent]]'', Pinter "gave his life to save his neighbors. When the British government ordered a lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, Pinter went door-to-door in northeast London to deliver the public health warning to the ultra-Orthodox Jews in his community. Within days, the 71-year-old rabbi had caught COVID-19 and died."<ref name="Independent"/>


On his death, he was described by the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] as "a much loved figure across the community, building bridges between different groups of Jews, Government & wider UK society".<ref name="Board">{{Cite press release |title=Statement on the passing of Rabbi Avrohom Pinter |date=13 April 2020 |publisher=[[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] |location=London}}</ref> His friend [[Maurice Glasman, Baron Glasman|Maurice Glasman]] paid tribute to the fact that "Avruham Pinter, for many years, was trusted by the different Chasidic groups and represented them on the Kedassia board, in the Union of Independent Orthodox Congregations and to the outside world." The Hasidic newspaper, ''[[Hamodia]],'' said "It is rare in the U.K. for a chassidishe rabbi to be mourned equally by schoolgirls, Rabbanim, the Bishop of London, pillars of the Anglo-Jewish community and the Mayor of London".<ref name="Namodia obit">{{Cite news |url=https://hamodia.com/2020/04/13/bde-rabbi-avraham-pinter-ztl/ |title=BD"E: Rabbi Avraham Pinter, Zt"l|date=13 April 2020 |work=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
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In January 2022 it was announced that a new organisation, the Pinter Trust, named after the late rabbi and chaired by Rabbi Avroham Sugarman, is being set up to seek to improve public perceptions of Charedi Jews in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rocker |first=Simon |date=24 January 2022 |title=New Charedi PR initiative launched in memory of Rabbi Avrohom Pinter |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/community/new-charedi-pr-initiative-launched-in-memory-of-rabbi-avrohom-pinter-3bDzR0vSfJIffGOQDj1ufA |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=24 January 2022 |title=UK’s ultra-Orthodox Jews launch trust to engage with wider public |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/24/uk-ultra-orthodox-jews-launch-pinter-trust |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>

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In January 2022 it was announced that a new organisation, the Pinter Trust, named after the late rabbi and chaired by Rabbi Avroham Sugarman, is being set up to seek to improve public perceptions of Charedi Jews in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rocker |first=Simon |date=24 January 2022 |title=New Charedi PR initiative launched in memory of Rabbi Avrohom Pinter |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/community/new-charedi-pr-initiative-launched-in-memory-of-rabbi-avrohom-pinter-3bDzR0vSfJIffGOQDj1ufA |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=24 January 2022 |title=UK's ultra-Orthodox Jews launch trust to engage with wider public |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/24/uk-ultra-orthodox-jews-launch-pinter-trust |access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref>


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Rabbi
Avrohom Pinter
Personal
Born1949 (1949)
Stamford Hill, London, England
Died13 April 2020(2020-04-13) (aged 70–71)
London, England
ReligionJudaism
NationalityBritish
SpouseGittel Rochel Beck
DenominationCharedi Judaism

Avrohom Pinter, also known as Abraham Pinter,[1] Avraham Pinter[2] or Avram Pinter,[3] (1949 – 13 April 2020) was an English rabbi and a leading figure in the Haredi community in Stamford Hill, London.[3][4] He was also a local government politician who served as a Labour councillor on the Hackney Borough Council[5] (Northfield ward, elected 1982 and 1986).[6] He represented Haredi interests on the London Jewish Forum.[3] In 2014 he was ranked by The Jewish Chronicle as no. 32 on their list of influential British Jews.[3] He was the principal of the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School,[5][7][8] a role in which he received praise and criticism.[9][10]

Early life

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Pinter's parents were Rabbi Shmuel (Shmelke) Pinter, who arrived in London from Vienna in 1938 as a teenager,[11][12][13] and his wife Gittel Margulies, the daughter of the Premishlan rebbe.[11] He was born at his parents' house[11] in Stamford Hill in 1949[1] and had three brothers and two sisters.

Antisemitism

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In July 2018, along with 67 other rabbis, he signed an open letter to the UK Labour Party's then-leader Jeremy Corbyn making the case for the full definition of antisemitism drafted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) to be included in the party's code of conduct.[14]

Family life

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Pinter married Gittel Rochel Beck (known as Rachel);[15] in 1971 and they had several children, two of whom became rabbis.[16]

Death and legacy

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Pinter died in London from COVID-19 on 13 April 2020.[2][17][18] According to The Independent, Pinter "gave his life to save his neighbors. When the British government ordered a lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, Pinter went door-to-door in northeast London to deliver the public health warning to the ultra-Orthodox Jews in his community. Within days, the 71-year-old rabbi had caught COVID-19 and died."[15]

On his death, he was described by the Board of Deputies of British Jews as "a much loved figure across the community, building bridges between different groups of Jews, Government & wider UK society".[19] His friend Maurice Glasman paid tribute to the fact that "Avruham Pinter, for many years, was trusted by the different Chasidic groups and represented them on the Kedassia board, in the Union of Independent Orthodox Congregations and to the outside world." The Hasidic newspaper, Hamodia, said "It is rare in the U.K. for a chassidishe rabbi to be mourned equally by schoolgirls, Rabbanim, the Bishop of London, pillars of the Anglo-Jewish community and the Mayor of London".[20]

In January 2022 it was announced that a new organisation, the Pinter Trust, named after the late rabbi and chaired by Rabbi Avroham Sugarman, is being set up to seek to improve public perceptions of Charedi Jews in the United Kingdom.[21][22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Oral History Interview – Rabbi Abraham Pinter". Hackney Museum. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Renowned British Rabbi Avraham Pinter succumbs to COVID-19". Ynetnews. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "JC Power 100: Numbers 50 – 11". The Jewish Chronicle. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ Booth, Robert (6 February 2019). "Judges reject bias claim against Jewish housing association". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Tributes paid to Rabbi Avrohom Pinter who dies from coronavirus". Jewish News. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Hackney election results 1964–2010" (PDF). Plymouth University. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  7. ^ Gabbitas Educational Consultants (2004). The Independent Schools Guide 2004–2005. Kogan Page Publishers. p. 121. ISBN 0-7494-4164-X.
  8. ^ Oryszczuk, Stephen (14 April 2020). "'God bless the compromisers' – a personal tribute to Rabbi Pinter". Jewish News. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ^ Paton, Graeme (1 March 2007). "Comprehensive that's in a different class". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
  10. ^ Alderman, Geoffrey. "Pinteresque drama at school". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. ^ a b c Super, Mendel (1 June 2020). "Rabbi Avrohom Pinter, 70, London". Chabad.org.News. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  12. ^ Glasman, Maurice (17 April 2020). "Rabbi Pinter: A most faithful man". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  13. ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011). Yesodey Hatorah Schools. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4. Retrieved 14 April 2020. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  14. ^ Eckersley, Max (17 August 2018). "'Victims are becoming the perpetrators': Rabbi and former Labour councillor hits out at 'toxic' atmosphere in local party". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Lives Lost: London rabbi worked to end community's isolation". The Independent. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Mrs. Gittel Pinter, a"h". Hamodia. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  17. ^ Harpin, Lee (13 April 2020). "Rabbi Avrohom Pinter dies after contracting coronavirus". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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