YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah R’ Yaakov Rajchenbach Z”L. He was 75. R’ Yaakov, or Jack, as he was fondly called, was a pillar of the Chicago community and extremely instrumental in transforming the Chicago of old into the metropolis of Torah and Chesed it is today. One can safely say that nearly every single Yeshiva, Shul and Chesed organization in the city of Chicago has R’ Yaakov’s fingerprints on them. He was one of the pioneers that laid the groundwork of successful Baalei Batim joining the ranks of the Askanim and led this charge to his...