Shapiro, Jacob Joseph. Milei de-Hespeida [eulogy for R. Issachar Dov Rokeach of Belz]

The Grand Rabbi of Belz, Issachar Dov Rokeach (1854-1927), was immortalized by the Czech-Jewish writer Jiri Langer, who spent some time in the “court” of Belz before the First World War. It was through Langer that Franz Kafka was introduced to Chassidism. See EJ, Vol., cols.1419-1420