Career
He has been referred to as one of the pioneers and builders of the Melbourne Jewish community. He was also known for his Talmudic erudition, his sermons and rousing High Holiday cantorial services (chazzanut) in the Yeshivah synagogue, specifically Ne"ilah. On 18 May 2008, he explained at a Shabbat gathering that he was the forerunner and organiser of the Lag B"Omer Parade in 1942 and personally arranged the event as a request from Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson spoke for the first time in a public fashion at that gathering and Rabbi Groner suggested that somebody should take notes.
In fact, the entire talk is available today thanks to Rabbi Groner. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, then-Prime Minister John Howard said
He died on the morning of Monday, 7 July 2008, aged 83.
And was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Rabbi Sholom Ber Groner (South Africa)
Rebbitzen Miriam Telsner
Rebbitzen Shterna Zirkind (Crown Heights, New York)
Rabbi Yossi Groner
Rebbitzen Chaya Haller (South Africa)
Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Groner
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Rabbi Mendy Groner.
