Solomon Bennett Freehof (August 8, 1892 – June 12, 1990) was a prominent Reform rabbi, posek, and scholar. He served as president of the Central Conference...
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Classical Reformers such as Rabbi David Einhorn composed some. Rabbi Solomon Freehof, and his successor Rabbi Walter Jacob, attempted to create a concept...
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centuries regional differences in what constituted a huppah. Indeed, Solomon Freehof finds that the wedding canopy was unknown before the 16th century....
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and Holdheim's approach embraced. In the 1930s and onwards, Rabbi Solomon Freehof and his supporters reintroduced such elements, but they too regarded...
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(1926–38), Rabbi Leo Baeck (1938–56), Lily Montagu (1955–59), and Rabbi Solomon Freehof (1959–64). Establishment and support of synagogues and schools wherever...
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Central Conference of American Rabbis issued a responsa written by Rabbi Solomon Freehof titled "Miscegenation and Conversion of Negroes", stating that there...
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Columbus Declaration of Principles, influenced by rabbis Samuel S. Cohon, Solomon Freehof and others from Eastern Europe. Anti-Zionist Reform rabbis broke away...
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Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg. Smoking is specifically prohibited by Solomon Freehof, other Reform rabbis, as well as rabbis in the Conservative movement...
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English. Secretary of the K. A. M. Temple in Chicago, she married rabbi Solomon Freehof in 1934. That year, he became rabbi of the Rodef Shalom congregation...
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Responsa "Circumcision for an Eight-Year-Old Convert" 5756.13 and Solomon Freehof, Reform Responsa for Our Time, no. 15.) Thus, American Reform Judaism...
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Central Conference of American Rabbis issued a responsa written by Rabbi Solomon Freehof titled "Miscegenation and Conversion of Negroes", stating that there...
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Feinstein and Eliezer Waldenberg. The reform movement's pioneers included Solomon Freehof, and later involvement by Walter Jacob and Moshe Zemer. Pioneering...
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Rabbi Solomon Freehof. He served as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force in the Philippines during the years 1955–57. In 1966, Jacob succeeded Freehof as senior...
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responsum from the National Jewish Welfare Board authored by Rabbi Solomon Freehof, he recommended maintaining Roman numerals although he did state that...
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Passover?". Conservative Judaism. 48: 53–54.[permanent dead link] Freehof, Solomon B (1949). "The Song of Songs: A General Suggestion". The Jewish Quarterly...
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World Union for Progressive Judaism, before handing the reins over to Solomon Freehof. Montagu, L.H. (1899) "The Spiritual Possibilities of Judaism Today"...
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allowed the Board of Deputies to host a lecture by visiting Rabbi Solomon Freehof, president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the World...
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civil engineer Leon Despres, author, attorney, and Chicago Alderman Solomon Freehof, rabbi from 1924–1934 Arthur Goldberg, politician, 9th U.S. Secretary...
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distinguished leaders of American Judaism of this generation". Rabbi Solomon Freehof of Pittsburgh, one of 40 religious leaders from the Jewish community...
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allowed the Board of Deputies to host a lecture by visiting Rabbi Solomon Freehof, president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and the World...
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funeral was held at his residence in the Schenley Apartments. Rabbi Solomon Freehof of Rodef Shalom Congregation officiated the funeral service. He was...
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American general. Vaso Čubrilović, 93, Yugoslav scholar and politician. Solomon Freehof, 97, British-American rabbi and scholar. Moushegh Ishkhan, 77, Armenian...
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mitzva for the dead, a comfort for the living". New Jersey Jewish News. Freehof, Solomon Bennett (1976). Reform Jewish Practice and Its Rabbinic Background...
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sympathy toward traditional mores, was rising through the ranks, like Solomon Freehof and Emanuel Gamoran. Cohon, prominent among them, was called to replace...
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Editions with an English Translation, Introduction, and Notes (1933) Freehof, Solomon B. (1951), "Jacob Z. Lauterbach: An appreciation", in Lou H. Silberman...
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She received her Ph.D. in 2002, and her dissertation was entitled "Solomon B. Freehof, the ‘Reform Responsa,’ and the Shaping of American Reform Judaism...
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of unassigned seats, a decision that attracted many more members. Solomon B. Freehof replaced Goldenson when he left for New York's Congregation Emanu-El...
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activities) on the corner opposite the main sanctuary. Designed by Mortimer Freehof and David Levy, the cast stone building's architectural style was "Jewish...
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1978-02-14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-30. "Obituary: Lillian Freehof / Author of religious children's books advocate for the blind". Pittsburgh...
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1937-1939 Emil W. Leipziger: 1939-1941 James G. Heller: 1941-1943 Solomon B. Freehof: 1943-1945 Abba Hillel Silver: 1945-1947 Abraham J. Feldman: 1947-1949...
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