Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck

male, deceased (1956)
lissa, Polish Briton, breslau, The Essence of Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Wrocław…World Union for Progressive Judaism, HebrewUnionCollege, President of the Union of German Rabbis, Union of German Rabbis, Dropsie College
Leo Baeck was an 20th century German-Polish-Jewish Rabbi, scholar, and a leader of Progressive Judaism. Baeck was born in Lissa (then in the Posen...

David Ellenson

male
rabbi, The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt, reform movement, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew University, HebrewUnionCollege
David Ellenson is a rabbi who is known as a leader of the Reform movement in Judaism. He is the president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish...
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel

male, deceased (1972)
Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati, Pacifist, From Warsaw, APT, Jewish Theological Seminary Of America, panentheist…HebrewUnionCollege
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. Heschel was a...
Jacob Rader Marcus

Jacob Rader Marcus

male, deceased (1995)
Jews and Judaism in Cincinnati, Reform Judaism, World War I, jewish history, Reform rabbi, World War II…HebrewUnionCollege, Hebrew University
Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995) was a scholar of Jewish history and a Reform rabbi. Born in New Haven, Pennsylvania, United States, into a...
Eric Yoffie

Eric Yoffie

male
Evangelical, same-sex marriage, The Forward, Orthodox Judaism, American Liberalism, Political liberalism…Union for Reform Judaism, HebrewUnionCollege, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, Union of Reform Judaism, Union of American Hebrew
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie is the President of the Union for Reform Judaism, the congregational arm of the Reform Jewish Movement in North America....
Nelson Glueck

Nelson Glueck

male, deceased (1971)
professor, rabbi, World War II, Judah Magnes, Archaeologist, Academic…HebrewUnionCollege
Nelson Glueck (1900-1971) was an American rabbi, academic and archaeologist. Dr. Glueck served as president of Hebrew Union College from 1947 until...
Gunther Plaut

Gunther Plaut

male, 97 years old
German, Jewish person, rabbi, Order of Canada, Humash, Order of Ontario…HebrewUnionCollege
Wolf Gunther Plaut, C.C., O.Ont., J.D.S., LL.D. (born November 1, 1912) is a Rabbi of Reform Judaism and author. Plaut was the Rabbi of Holy...
Kaufmann Kohler

Kaufmann Kohler

male, deceased (1926)
David Einhorn, Jews and Judaism in Chicago, German-American, German, American, Würzburg…HebrewUnionCollege
Kaufmann Kohler was a German-born U.S. reform rabbi and theologian. Kohler was born into a family of rabbis. He received his rabbinical training at...
Danny Maseng

Danny Maseng

male
Law & Order cast, Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Law & Order Criminal Intent cast, Law & Order, Only Fools are Sad, Law & Order Special Victims Unit cast…World Union, HebrewUnionCollege, hebrew
Danny Maseng is a multi-talented performer based in New York City, New York. An actor, singer and writer, Maseng is particularly well known as a...
Abba Hillel Silver

Abba Hillel Silver

male, deceased (1963)
rabbi, zionism, university of cincinnati, zionist, lower east side, Reform rabbi…HebrewUnionCollege
Abba Hillel Silver was a U.S. Rabbi and Zionist leader. Born Abraham Silver in Lithuania, son and grandson of Orthodox rabbis, he was brought to...