Abba Hillel Silver Photographs 1918-1950

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Abba Hillel Silver Photographs 1918-1950

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Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963) was a Rabbi at The Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. The collection consists of black and white and color photographs, drawings, slides, and stereo color transparencies. Of special note is a 1925 portfolio of charcoal drawings, many autographed, of the Administrative Committee of the Zionist Organization of America, including Silver, Louis Lipsky, Emanuel Neumann, Henrietta Szold, and Stephen Wise.

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Silver, Abba Hillel

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Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963), a national and international leader of the Zionist movement, played a key role in events leading to the proclamation of the state of Israel. Silver served as a rabbi for forty-eight of his seventy years. His impressive speaking voice and compelling topics made his Sunday sermons extremely popular, and he was also in demand as a speaker and lecturer around the country. In addition, Rabbi Silver was active in social and political issues on a natio...