| LC control no. | n 78036755 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3620.W47 |
| Personal name heading | Twerski, Abraham J. |
| Associated country | United States Israel |
| Associated place | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1930-06-10 |
| Death date | 2021-01-31 |
| Place of birth | Milwaukee (Wis.) |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |
| Field of activity | Psychiatry Judaism Sacred music Substance abuse--Treatment |
| Affiliation | Lubavitch Center St. Francis Hospital Gateway Rehabilitation Center University of Pittsburgh |
| Profession or occupation | Rabbis Psychiatrists Composers |
| Found in | His Like yourself ... 1978: t.p. (Abraham J. Twerski) CIP pub. info. (M.D.; asst. prof. U. of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Med.; rabbi) His Generation to generation, 1986: CIP t.p. (Abraham J. Twerski) data sheet (b. 10-6-30) Rebbes and Chassidim, c2000: t.p. (Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.) Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 8, 2021 (in obituary dated Feb. 5, 2021: Abraham J. Twerski, a Hasidic rabbi and psychiatrist who championed treatment for substance abuse and was the author of more than 80 books on subjects both spiritual and scientific, died Jan. 31 in Jerusalem. He was 90. He also composed liturgical music for Jewish worship services and collaborated with cartoonist Charles Schulz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, on a series of self-help books. For years, Dr. Twerski led the Lubavitch Center, a Hasidic congregation in Pittsburgh. He was also a founder and the longtime medical director of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center, a residential treatment facility that now has 22 locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Abraham Joshua Twerski was born Oct. 6, 1930, in Milwaukee. He attended medical school at Marquette University in Milwaukee. He later became a teacher and clinical psychiatrist with the University of Pittsburgh. He had a long association with Pittsburgh's St. Francis Hospital, where he treated a range of mental health issues, including addiction. For the past several years, Dr. Twerski split his time between Israel and the United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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