Simcha Freedman

Rabbi Simcha Freedman (1948-2018), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was an Orthodox rabbi in the United States. He received his semikhah from Yeshiva University and held pulpits in Philadelphia and South Florida, including many years at Adath Yeshurun in North Miami Beach. He served as President of the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami, Florida Executive Director of Boys Town Jerusalem, and was an early leader of the South Florida Council for Soviet Jewry. His passionate activism, and most notably his vocal advocacy on behalf of Natan Sharansky, propelled him to the forefront of the effort to free Soviet Jewry.