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A Life Of Menasseh Ben Israel – Rabbi, Painter, and Diplomat

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Octavo, 373pp. Gray cloth, title in gilt on spine. In publishers scarce dust jacket, wear at edges. From the personal library of Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz and signed by him on the front free endpaper.

Comments: Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz was a spiritual leader for presidents, supreme court justices, Israeli prime ministers and the Washington DC community for three decades. As the leader of the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, he was called upon by President Lyndon Johnson in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to help craft the Thanksgiving Day address to the nation. A few years later, he was called upon by President Jimmy Carter to assist with the Camp David Accords. He is remembered by the Washington DC community as a teacher and advocate for social integration. He passed away in 2012.

Additional information

Location Published

Philadelphia

Publisher

The Jewish Publication Society of America

Edition

First Edition

Date Published

1934

ISBN
Binding

Cloth

Condition

Fine

Jacket Condition

near fine

Author

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