Bluzhev (also spelled Bluzhov or Bluzov)[1][2] is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Błażowa, Poland and currently based in Brooklyn, NY.

During World War I, he fled to the nearby city of Rzeszów (Reisha) where he died in 1924.

[4] After the death of the Tzvi LaTzaddik, his son, Rabbi Yehoshua Spira, who had also formerly served as rebbe in Ribatitch, succeeded him as rebbe of the Bluzhev dynasty, continuing to lead the court in Rzeszów.

He served as the rebbe of Istrik where he attracted many chassidim, including followers of his father and grandfather (the Keren Yeshuah and Tzvi LaTzaddik).

He survived the Holocaust in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and after the war, moved to the United States.

[4] Born in Germany in 1936 into the Kushitzki family, his father was killed in the Holocaust.