Lithuanian american rabbi (1881-1983).
Born June 11th, 1881 in Švenčionys.
Died November 8th, 1983 at 102 years old in New York City.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel