Dushinsky was born in Paks, Hungary, to Yisroel and Sara Elka Dushinsky. After his marriage to Sheindel, the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Winkler, author of Levushei Mordechai, Dushinsky became the Chief Rabbi in Galanta, Slovakia. He subsequently remarried Esther Neuhaus, daughter of Rabbi Yoel Tzvi Neuhaus.
He was a disciple of the author of Shevet Sofer, one of the grandchildren of the Chassam Sofer. He relocated to the town of Chust to assume the position of Chief Rabbi. In 1930, the Dushinsky family moved to the British Mandate of Palestine, settling in Jerusalem.
Dushinsky was appointed as his successor.
He founded a community of Hungarian Jews in Jerusalem, affiliated with the Perushim section of the Edah HaChareidis. In fall 1948 Dushinsky was hospitalized in the Shaarei Zedek Hospital on Jaffa Road under the care of Doctor Moshe Wallach, director-general of the hospital.
He died on the eve of Sukkot 1948 and was buried in the small cemetery adjacent to the hospital, which was used as a temporary burial ground during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War when the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives was inaccessible. Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948)
Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky (1921–2003), son of Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, son of Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky.
Dushinsky was known for his strong opposition to Zionism, and spoke to the newly formed United Nations against the creation of the Zionist State.
