Jacob Raskin was born 17 May 1866 (naturalization papers) in Slutsk, Minsk Region, Belarus. He was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Rosenblatt) Raskin. He had a brother, Isaac Raskin (1862-1925) (buried in United Hebrew cemetery in Staten Island, NY), and a sister, Frances (Raskin) Pitkowska, who died in Russia.
Jacob Raskin was born 17 May 1866 (naturalization papers) in Slutsk, Minsk Region, Belarus. He was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Rosenblatt) Raskin. He had a brother, Isaac Raskin (1862-1925) (buried in United Hebrew cemetery in Staten Island, NY), and a sister, Frances (Raskin) Pitkowska, who died in Russia.
Inscription
P[o] n[ikbar] (Here lies)
Ba'ali avinu hayakir (My husband, beloved father)
M[oreinu] v[erabeinu] h[arav] Yaakov b[en] r[eb] (our teacher, our rabbi Jacob son of the worthy)
Shmuel Shaul (Samuel Saul)
Nif[tar] 14 Tevet [5]690 (Died on 14 January 1930)
T[ehe] n[ishmatah] t[zerurah] b[itzror] h[achayim] (May his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life [from 1 Samuel 25:29])
BELOVED HUSBAND
AND DEAR FATHER
JACOB
RASKIN
Gravesite Details
Grave is reached by entering the Congregation Chai Odom Anshe Minsk arch on Sinai Avenue, about halfway between Grant and Jefferson Avenues. At the tenth row, make a right: Belle Garrett's tombstone is the first; Jacob's is the eighth.
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