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?Miami's Only ft 1Jewish iSF-A:‘Monument -■'-MItildertExcluiiv* Dealer - ROCK OF AGES FAMILY MEMORIALSSCNfOl/KD UNVllimS SUNDAY. DEC. 8, 1943 Mf. Sinai Cemetery ABRAHAM MOITZ, 12 No©OOROTHY MERLIN. 2 p.«i.Mf. Nebo Cemrff'/ DORA BAISHAM, 1 » m.NO FINER QUALIFY! NO LOWER PRICE!Page 12-ADr. Abba Hillel Silver Passes Away at Age 70he was made an honorary citizen of Nathanya. Ramat Gan and fel Aviv. He was a prolific and prom-ncnl author on theology. world— —•**« - ott'T p’!rp“Continued from Page 1-Aducted by Rabbi Leon Feuer, of Toledo; and Rabbi Arhur J. Llyveld, of Fairmount Temple, Cleveland. El Moleh Rachmin, the traditional prayer for the departed, was chanted oy Richard Tucker, of the Metropolitan Opera Company.the leadtuy fighters for world Ziot*| many ism at the new United Nations, and was one of the most prominent participants in the UN debates that led to the UN’s adoption of the Palestine Partition Plan in 1947.Abba Hillel Silver was born in the Lithuanian town ol Neislaritt, the son of Rabbi Moses Silver. He was the fifth generation of rabbis in his family and one of his sons, Daniel, is also a rabbi. Young Abba Silver was brought by his parents to the United States at the age ot 8. and grew up on New York s lower Hast Side. He studied at the University of Cincinnati and at the Hebrew Union College, being ordained a Reform rabbi at HUC in 1915.His first congregation was the Etf Street Temple, at Wheeling. W. Va. In 1917. he came here asDR. ABBA HfUfL SIIVIK Giant in Zionspiritual leader of The Templethis city In World War I. he served as a chaplain in the U S. Arm in France, and later received «. high decoration for his service from the French Government.icel writing, hit vigorout *nd powerful oratory, and hit advocacy of civil rightt, the rightt of labor, and hit activitiei toward ending unemployment.Rabbi Silver, building hit congregation in Cleveland from a small tynagogue to one of the outstanding rcligiout inttitutiont in the country, with a member-ship of more than 2,500 families, attracted wide attention early in hit ministry through his Iheolog-Meanwhile, he had become one i of America's most impassioned j ind most effective spokesmen for ! the rebirth of the Jewish Home-'land in Palestine. He was chairman of the American Zionist Emergency Council in 1933 34 and again from 1945 to 1948. During the latter period, he was one ofthe last year upon reaching the age of 70. His awards and deeo-He had also served as president of the Zionist Organization of America, chairman ol the American Section of the then Jewish Agency for Palestine in 194848. and as co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal. At his death he was chairman of the boaxd of governors of the Israel Bond Organization.He had been president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, director of the American Friends of the Hebrew University, a member of the board of trustees of the American Civil Liberties Union, and active in the Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Kducition. the Jewish Welfare Federation and the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the Jewish Acadcmv of Arts and Sciences. He Jewish Publication Society.Rabbi Silver was honored atrations included a long list of ors from many institutions higher learning. Zionist and « Jewish organizations.In Israel.Miami Hebrew Book StoreISRAELI « OOMESTlC GIFTS Hebrew Reiio'ou* Suooi »• *0' Synaaooue* School* it Pr.vate Uee IMS WASHINGTON ‘VE. Miami Beach — JE e-MSOAMERICAN -RFIIGIOUSISRAELISTOREFREED UNVEILINGCHARLES J. FREEDWill iV hrM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8thMt. Neb© CemeteryGELBMONUMENTS INC.0p» tv.fr t.f • ci.irt WJ 140 SW 57th Ave. MO 1-8583I hope Grandma likes my flowers^DfgnWkd, beautiful and ravtrantlv cared for surroundings for our (topartsd loved ones mo
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Miami Jewish Floridian
Miami, Florida, US
Fri, Dec 06, 1963
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