Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1896-1995

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Dates:
Birth 1896-03-05
Death 1995-11-14
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Jacob Rader Marcus received his rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College in 1920; he began teaching at HUC that year. Marcus devoted most of his post-World War II historical career to American Jewish history and founded the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati in 1947 on the campus of HUC.

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights
  • Civil rights movements
  • Jewish judges
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Judaism
  • Judaism
  • Judaism and social problems
  • Rabbis
  • Rabbis
  • Segregation
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Rabbis

Occupations:

  • Historians
  • Authors
  • Authors
  • Educators
  • Jewish historians
  • Rabbis
  • Rabbis
  • Rabbis
  • Rabbis

Places:

  • OH, US
  • Connellsville, PA, US
  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • Ohio--Cincinnati (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
  • Middle West (as recorded)