Abraham Aaron Neuman

สถานที่: Berezhany

เกิด: 1890

ความตาย: 1970

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Abraham Aaron Neuman was an Austrian-born American rabbi, historian, and college president from Philadelphia. He was born in Berezhany, Austria-Hungary, the son of Max Neuman and Rachel Rose, on September 23, 1890. Neuman immigrated to America in 1898 and attended several parochial schools in New York City, New York. He graduated from Columbia University in 1909 and received an A.M. from Columbia University in 1912.

Education and Career

Neuman was ordained a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1912 and received a D.H.L. from the Seminary in 1914. He became a history instructor at the Teachers' Institute at the Seminary in 1912, and in 1913 he joined the faculty of Dropsie College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Neuman held rabbinical posts in Philadelphia at the B'nai Jeshurun congregation (1919–27) and the Sephardi congregation Mikveh Israel (1927–40).

Notable Works and Contributions

Neuman produced a number of works of high scholarly merit, chief among them being The Jews in Spain: Their Social, Political and Cultural Life During the Middle Ages (2 vols., 1942). Based primarily on the responsa of Solomon ibn Adret (RaShBA), the work has served as a model of research in this type of Jewish source material. Cyrus Adler, a Biography (1942) is the evaluation of the life of an exemplary public servant during the period when American Jewry was assuming worldwide responsibilities. Important works and contributions:

• The Jews in Spain: Their Social, Political and Cultural Life During the Middle Ages (2 vols., 1942)
• Cyrus Adler, a Biography (1942)
• Contributed to many scholarly periodicals
• Edited The Jewish Quarterly Review from 1940 to 1966

Awards and Recognition

Neuman received several honorary degrees, including a LL.D. from University of Pennsylvania and a D.H.L. from Hebrew Union College in 1945, a Litt.D. from Jewish Theological Seminary in 1947, a L.H.D. from New York University in 1955, and a D.H.L. from Dropsie College in 1968. For more information about Abraham Aaron Neuman's life and work, you can visit the following links: https://Wikioo.org/@/Abraham-Aaron-Neuman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_A._Neuman You can also explore Wikioo.org for more information about other artists and their works.