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Paula Ackerman
Paula Ackerman ( he, פאולה אקרמן; December 7, 1893 – January 12, 1989) was the first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leading the Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi), Beth Israel congregation in Meridian, Mississippi from 1951–53 (making her the first woman to assume spiritual leadership of a U.S. mainstream Jewish congregation) and the Temple Beth-El (Pensacola, Florida), Beth-El congregation in Pensacola, Florida briefly in the 1960s. She led the National Committee on Religious Schools for the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. Early life Born as Paula Herskovitz in Pensacola, Florida, she married Rabbi William Ackerman in 1919. She led the congregation at the Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi), Temple Beth Israel in Meridian, Mississippi. She had led services before, when her husband was absent or ill. She continued to lead the congregation until a replacement was found in September 1953, although she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Ackerman
Paula Ackerman ( he, פאולה אקרמן; December 7, 1893 – January 12, 1989) was the first woman to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leading the Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi), Beth Israel congregation in Meridian, Mississippi from 1951–53 (making her the first woman to assume spiritual leadership of a U.S. mainstream Jewish congregation) and the Temple Beth-El (Pensacola, Florida), Beth-El congregation in Pensacola, Florida briefly in the 1960s. She led the National Committee on Religious Schools for the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods. Early life Born as Paula Herskovitz in Pensacola, Florida, she married Rabbi William Ackerman in 1919. She led the congregation at the Congregation Beth Israel (Meridian, Mississippi), Temple Beth Israel in Meridian, Mississippi. She had led services before, when her husband was absent or ill. She continued to lead the congregation until a replacement was found in September 1953, although she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Jewish Archives
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, founded in 1947, is committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry. It has become the largest free-standing research center dedicated solely to the study of the American Jewish experience. History The American Jewish Archives (AJA) was founded by Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), former graduate and professor at the Hebrew Union College, in the aftermath of World War II and The Holocaust. For over a half century, the American Jewish Archives has been preserving American Jewish history and imparting it to the next generation. Dr. Marcus directed the American Jewish Archives for forty-eight years until his death at which time the AJA’s name became The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. Dr. Gary P. Zola, one of Marcus’s students, became the second Executive Director on 1 July 1998. Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 In Judaism
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel ''Journey Through the Night'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
