Morris Mandel (1911–2009) was an American educator and journalist.

Biography

Morris Mandel was born in 1911 in

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, Poland. His family moved to the United States when he was three. His son Allen Mandel, is a

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. Mandel wrote advice columns for

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, "Human Emotions" and "Youth Speaks Up," for close to five decades. He was English principal of

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Toras Emes; a guidance counselor in the

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public school system; taught law and accounting; ran a singles group that produced many marriages, headed summer camps in the 1940s and 50s; lectured in the United States, Canada, and

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; and wrote close to 50 books and raised funds for several Jewish causes.

Journalistic career

Mandel addressed different audiences with different messages. His "Problems in Human Emotions" column sometimes said the seemingly obvious ("Even the darkest hour only has 60 minutes" ), but in a way that found him being authoritatively cited example: Torn at the Roots, , Jan. 2004, by Michael E. Staub, pp. 348-350: 13 of 49 footnotes sourced to Mandel's writings

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandel, Morris American advice columnists American people of Polish-Jewish descent Jewish advice columnists Emigrants from Congress Poland to the United States 1911 births 2009 deaths