This new obituary for Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski was posted on Feb. 2, 2021
Chasidic rabbi, acclaimed psychiatrist, prolific author, founder of Gateway Rehabilitation Center underlying all his accomplishments was Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski’s intrinsic belief in the value of humanity.
“He would say, ‘We have to recognize that every individual is a gem,’ that was his favorite word,” remembered Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel, executive director of The Aleph Institute in Pittsburgh. “He would never throw anyone away. He would say, ‘We just have to polish them off and wipe away the dust.’”
Twerski died Sunday, Jan. 31, in Israel from COVID-19 at the age of 90.