Abraham J. Twerski
American rabbi and psychiatrist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Abraham Joshua Heshel Twerski was an Israeli-American Hasidic rabbi, a scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, and a psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse. Early life and education Abraham Joshua Twerski was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His parents were Devorah Leah , daughter of the second Rebbe of Bobov, and Rabbi Jacob Israel Twerski , who was the rabbi of Beth Jehudah synagogue in Milwaukee. The elder Rabbi Twerski immigrated to America in 1927, and was a descendant of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twerski, the founder of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, and a student of the Baal Shem Tov. Twerski was the third of five brothers. His two older brothers were Shloime and Motel, and his two younger brothers were twins, Aaron and Michel.
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