Education
After attending the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School), he studied at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath under HaRav Shlomo Heiman, zt"l his Rebbi Muvhok for several years and was granted Yoreh Yoreh, Yadin Yadin.
After attending the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School), he studied at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath under HaRav Shlomo Heiman, zt"l his Rebbi Muvhok for several years and was granted Yoreh Yoreh, Yadin Yadin.
Subsequently he also received Semicha from HaGaon HaRav Moshe Feinstein, zt"l. His Bachelor"s degree cum laude was from City College, Master"s from New York University, and Doctor of Philosophy from Yeshiva University. "Foreign 40 years, Rabbi Turk served with distinction as moreh d"asra of the Kingsbridge Center of Israel in Riverdale.".
His concern for Jews around the world included being one of the Rabbis who marched in Washington, District of Columbia in 1943 to try to save the Jews of Europe who were still alive at a time when this type of public demonstration by clergy was unknown.
He continued this activism when, decades later, Soviet Jewry was a still "quiet" matter.