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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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approach embraced. In the 1930s and onwards,
Rabbi Solomon Freehof and his
supporters reintroduced such elements, but they too
regarded Jewish...
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Lillian Simon Freehof (1906 –
November 24, 2004) was an
American writer.
Lillian Simon was one of four children, and grew up in a town
outside of Chicago...
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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. Alfred...
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leading to
interfaith dialogue. He
founded the
Solomon B.
Freehof Institute for
Progressive Halakhah in 1991, an
international forum for...
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included but
regarded as "especially meritorious".
Reformed Jewish Solomon Freehof notes that one must
think "if the book is so
gross ...
unlike all other...
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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 of...
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Conference of
American Rabbis issued a
responsa written by
Rabbi Solomon Freehof titled "Miscegenation and
Conversion of Negroes",
stating that
there was...
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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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received her Ph.D. in 2002, and her
dissertation was
entitled "Solomon B.
Freehof, the ‘Reform Responsa,’ and the
Shaping of
American Reform Judaism." 2013-2014...
