Editing Joseph B. Soloveitchik (section)

==Family and last years==
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During the 1950s and 1960s, until his wife's death in 1967, Soloveitchik and some of his students would spend summers near [[Cape Cod]] in [[Onset, Massachusetts]], where they would pray at [[Congregation Beth Israel (Onset, Massachusetts)|Congregation Beth Israel]].<ref name=Resnick>Resnick, Elliot. [http://www.jewishpress.com/displayContent_new.cfm? contentid=33340&mode=a&sectionid=17&contentname=Beaches%2C_Cottages_..._And_Shul_Draw_Vacationers_To_Onset%2C_Massachusetts&recnum=12&subid=20740 "Beaches, Cottages ... And Shul Draw Vacationers to Onset, Massachusetts"], ''[[The Jewish Press]]'', June 18, 2008.</ref>

After the passing of his wife in 1967, Soloveitchik began giving additional lectures, open to the public, during the summer months in Boston.

Soloveitchik's daughters married prominent academics and Talmudic scholars: his daughter Tovah married [[Aharon Lichtenstein]], former [[Rosh Yeshiva]] at [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary|RIETS]] who made [[Aliyah]] to become [[Rosh yeshiva|Rosh Yeshiva]] of [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]] in Israel; his daughter Atarah (died February 24, 2023)<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367949 Dr. Atarah Twersky daughter of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik passes away at 90]</ref> married [[Isadore Twersky]], former head of the Jewish Studies department at [[Harvard University]] (who also served as the [[Talner]] [[Rebbe]] in [[Boston]]). His son [[Haym Soloveitchik]] is a University Professor of Jewish History at [[Yeshiva University]]. His siblings included [[Samuel Soloveichik]] (1909-1967), [[Ahron Soloveichik]] (1917-2001), [[Shulamith Meiselman]] (1912-2009), and [[Anne Gerber]] (1915-2011). His grandchildren have maintained his heritage and also hold distinguished scholarly positions, such as [[Mosheh Lichtenstein]], [[Yitzchok Lichtenstein]], [[Esti Rosenberg]] and [[Mayer Twersky]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=kipa |date=2019-05-05 |title=הצוות החינוכי |url=https://skamigdaloz.org/2019/05/05/הצוות-החינוכי/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=בית המדרש לנשים מגדל עוז |language=he-IL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty {{!}} Yeshiva University |url=https://www.yu.edu/riets/faculty |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=www.yu.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty – Yeshiva Torah Vodaath |url=https://www.torahvodaath.org/about/faculty/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein {{!}} Yeshivat Har Etzion |url=https://etzion.org.il/en/authors/harav-mosheh-lichtenstein |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=etzion.org.il}}</ref>

As he got older he suffered several bouts of serious illness ([[Alzheimer's disease]]<ref>See: "Of Language And Nuance. A Conversation with the Renowned Posek and Rosh Yeshivah Rav Hershel Schachter, Shlita." Mishpacha, Issue 288, 29 Kislev 5770/December 16, 2009, p. 42.</ref> preceded by [[Parkinson's disease]]).