Solomon B. Shapiro

Rabbi Shlomo Dov (Solomon Bernard) Shapiro (1922-2011), born in Kishinev, Moldova (then Romania), was an Orthodox rabbi, chaplain, and mashgiaḥ in the United States. He emigrated to America with his parents and studied at Mesifta Talmudical Seminary. He was the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Religious Director for Germany after WWII who helped in the printing of the Talmud of the Shearith Hapletah. In Brooklyn, Rabbi Shapiro served Congregation B'nai Abraham in East Flatbush (and later, Kew Gardens) and as chaplain at King County Hospital.