New Hackney walkway renamed in memory of Rabbi Avrohom Pinter

Lord Levy cuts the ribbon for the new walkway[Missing Credit]

Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who is MP for local Tottenham, Lords Levy and Glasman, Hackney Mayor Caroline Woodley, Haringey Council leader Peray Ahmet and Rabbi Binyomin Stern, president of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, were among those who attended the inauguration.

Lord Levy recalled Rabbi Pinter as one of the most outstanding Jewish leaders of his day.

Rabbi Pinter’s son, Rabbi Chaim, who has succeeded him as principal of Yesodey Hatorah, reflected on his father’s legacy of inclusion, wisdom and compassion. His father’s doors were open to everyone and at all times, he said.

Three benches and a sundial were dedicated along with the new path, as the verse from Proverbs was cited: “"The ways of the Torah are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace,"