Scharfstein Asher Ben David Applbaum (1 results)
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Published by Ktav Publishing House, New York, 1951
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Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.Meir Turner
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. In Hebrew, with a 48 page section in English on Laws and Customs. With signed inscription by the author of the second work here. 1,267 pages. 21 x 13.5 x 5 cm. In vowelized and unvowelzied Hebrewh. Dark blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, 43, 161/161, 350/350, 61/61-137/137, 138-173, 48 page…s. SIgned inscription in Hebrew by Karl Applbaum, the author of the 48 page English language section, dedicated to Rabbi Asher Kirshblum. With silk bookmark ribbon. Rabbi I. Usher Kirshblum was the spiritual leader of the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens, and a civic leader. He died in 1983 at the age of 70. He was membership chairman of the Zionist Organization of America and was a member of the Rabbinical Assembly of America. Born in Biaylstok, Poland, he came to this country as a child, attended New Utrecht High School and was a graduate of Brooklyn College. He studied at the Jewish Institute of Religion and was ordained a rabbi in 1944. He had been associated with the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills since 1946. In 1971, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He was a member of the board of directors of the Queens Legion of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and president of the Queens Interfaith Clergy Council. Rabbi Kirshblum had been a member of the American Bicentennial Committee, and was a member of the New York State Advisory Committee for the Aging. Inscribed by Author(s).
