January 2004

Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg

Toftness expert dies in Israel

Lawrence J. Rosenberg, D.C., died in Be'er Sheva, Israel, on Nov. 3, 2003, at the age of 61, after suffering complications from a stroke.

Originally from New Jersey, Dr. Rosenberg moved to Be'er Sheva approximately three years ago and immediately blended into the Anglo‑Jewish community there. He helped many with their health ailments via his chiropractic expertise, in situations where conventional treatments have shown no hope.

In a tribute published in the newsletter of the Israeli Doctors of Chiropractic (IDOC) organization, Rosenberg, a 1967 graduate of the Chiropractic Institute of New York and a licensed chiropractor in the State of New Jersey, helped his profession in many ways outside of his private practice. For many years, he served as chiropractic assistant for the regulatory State of New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners. He also lectured and assumed the positions of under‑graduate and post‑graduate faculty member at several U.S. chiropractic institutions.

An expert in Toftness technique, he had exceptionally good clinical results, IDOC reported. "Dr. Larry was also very principle minded," the tribute noted. "In the context of his professional positions in the State of New Jersey, he told of many instances in which he enforced legal action against insurance companies and individuals that were found to be involved in fraudulent health care procedures."

Although initially a member of the Israeli Chiropractic Society, he left that group after opposing its goals, and joined IDOC, a subluxation‑based organization.

Known as much for his sense of humor as for his dedication to subluxation‑based chiropractic, Rosenberg won numerous friends and admirers throughout Israel and the U.S.

"Even during Larry's last few weeks, while experiencing failing health and extreme debilitation, he succeeded in finding things to jest about with his visitors," the tribute said. "Up to the very last moment of his life, his neighbors, patients and colleagues exhibited towards him exceptionally loyal affection and care, just as he had demonstrated to others."