biography
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Silver, Abba Hillel
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| lived:
| (1893–1963)
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| biography:
| Rabbi and Zionist leader, born in Sirvintos, Lithuania. He was brought to the USA in 1902, and studied at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, the University of Cincinnati, and Western Reserve University. He served as rabbi of Congregation Tifereth Israel in Cleveland (1917–63) and published several books, including Religion in a Changing World (1930) and The World Crisis and Jewish Survival (1941). A militant Zionist, he headed many organizations, including the Zionist Organizations of America, American Zionist Emergency Council, United Jewish Appeal, United Palestine Appeal, and Central Conference of American Rabbis. He was president of the World Zionist Organization (1945–8). |
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