Tzemach Cunin
{{Short description|American rabbi (1976–2019)}}
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| name = Tzemach Yehoshua Cunin
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1976|03|27}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles County, California
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|07|05|1976|03|27}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| occupation = Rabbi
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| spouse = {{marriage|Ada Wilschanski|2000|}}
| children = 5
| parents = Shlomo Cunin, Miriam Cunin
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{{Chabad (Rebbes and Chasidim)|Rebbes of Chabad}}
Tzemach Yehoshua Cunin (March 27, 1976 – July 5, 2019) was an American rabbi, and the founder of the Chabad of Century City in Los Angeles, California.
Life
Cunin was born on March 27, 1976, to Shlomo Cunin, the director of Chabad-Lubavitch of California.{{cite news |last1=Mirkin |first1=Steven |title=Chabad of Century City Rabbi Tzemach Cunin, 43 |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/lifestyle/obituaries/301161/chabad-shliach-rabbi-tzemach-cunin-43/ |access-date=July 12, 2019 |work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |date=July 5, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Rabbi Tzemach Cunin, 43, Chabad-Lubavitch Emissary in Los Angeles |url=https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/4431843/jewish/Rabbi-Tzemach-Cunin-43-Chabad-Lubavitch-Emissary-in-Los-Angeles.htm |website=Chabad.org |access-date=July 12, 2019|date=July 7, 2019}}
Cunin assisted his father in his ongoing effort to repatriate the Schneerson Library from Russia to the United States beginning when he was a teenager and continuing into adulthood.{{cite book |last1=Fishkoff |first1=Sue |title=The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch |date=2003 |publisher=Schocken Books |location=New York |isbn=9780805211382 |oclc=60959980 |pages=197–198 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4R7zbndjTRgC&q=Tzemach+Cunin&pg=PA198}} In 1990, Cunin founded the Chabad of Century City in Los Angeles. He also founded Beis Chaya Mushka, an all-girl school in Los Angeles.
Cunin married Ada Wilschanski in 2000; they had five children.{{cite news |title=Before Shiva Ends, Help us give Rabbi Tzemach Cunin's Wife and Children a Bright Light of Support |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/promotions/1757310/before-shiva-ends-help-us-give-rabbi-tzemach-cunins-wife-and-children-a-bright-light-of-support.html |access-date=July 12, 2019 |work=Yeshiva World News |date=July 11, 2019}} He died on July 5, 2019, at 43.
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Category:Rabbis from Los Angeles
Category:Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis
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