Rabbi Shmuel Butman, 81, a Brooklyn Voice of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Is Dead
New York Times
He was the public face of the Chabad-Lubavitch sect during the Crown Heights riots in 1991 and for decades lit its giant menorah in Manhattan every Hanukkah.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/nyregion/rabbi-shmuel-butman-dead.html