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RABBI KALMAN
SHAMMAI SPERKA,

41, of Jerusalem, died
April 3, 2010.
He was the son of
Shlomo and Deanna
Sperka of Oak Park and
the grandson of Rabbi
Sperka
Joshua Sperka.
Born in Oak Park, he attended Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah, high school at the Mesivta
of Long Beach, N.Y., and entered the Mir
Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he studied
for the rest of his life. He completed the
study of the entire Talmud at the age of
19, the second student in the history of

the Long Beach yeshivah to accomplish
this. He was legendary for his encyclope-
dic knowledge of Talmud, his extraordi-
nary diligence and devotion to study and
his mastery of all elements of rabbinic
literature and Halachah.
He taught advanced students, pub-
lished three volumes of studies on the
Talmud and left several in manuscript.
He wrote on the book of Daniel and a
weekly English comment on the Torah
portion.
He was a friendly and welcoming per-
son known for assisting students of all
ages. He was a favorite Sabbath host for
English-speaking young people.

The Family of the Late

Charles Snider

Announces the unveiling of a monument in his memory
io:oo AM Sunday, May 23, 2010 at Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Krakoff will officiate.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.

He is survived by his parents; his wife,
Tzilla;, nine children, ages 16 to 1-year-
old; brothers, Yitzchak ( Stacy) Sperka,
Nathaniel (Tova) Sperka of Oak Park;
sisters, Esther (Eli) Moscovitz of Monsey,
N.Y., Yeshaya (Fraida) Sperka of Israel.
The Mesivta of Long Beach has estab-
lished a fund for the benefit of his fam-
ily. Contributions in his memory may
be made to the Mesivta of Long Beach
Chesed Fund, 205 W. Beech St., Long
Beach, NY 11561.

Britain's 'Lady J'
Jerusalem/JTA — Lady Amelie
Jakobovits, the widow of British Chief
Rabbi Baron Immanuel Jakobovits and
a supporter of many Jewish causes, has
died.
Jakobovits died in Britain last Friday
after a short illness. She was 81. She
reportedly will be buried in Israel.
"Lady Amelie Jakobovits, known
affectionately to Anglo-Jewry as lady
J,' was an extraordinarily vivid figure
of seemingly inexhaustible energy and

effervescence," said current British Chief
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks in a state-
ment. "She had warmth, charm, wit and
deeply felt faith. She was constantly
active, visiting the sick, comforting the
bereaved, supporting the many Jewish
and medical causes of which she was
president or patron."
A survivor of the Holocaust,
Jakobovits, the daughter of the chief
rabbi of Paris, Elie Munk, married while
she was still in her teens. She traveled
with Rabbi Jakobovits first to Ireland,
where he became chief rabbi of the
country; to New York, where he served
as rabbi of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue;
and then to Britain.
Jakobovits founded the Association
of United Synagogue Women and was
a patron and supporter of Emunah,
Jewish Care, the Chai Cancer Care and
WIZO-Women's International Zionist's
Organization, as well as other causes.
"She was a larger-than-life figure,
widely known and loved;' Sacks said.
"We will miss her deeply."

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