Why Do the Heathen Rage?

Abba Hillel Silver

1926

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The latest attempt to salvage poor shipwrecked Judaism in America is on. The Menorah Journal summoned the doughtiest intellectuals to this heroic task. These came highly equipped with trenchant pen, with Jovian thunder and unmistakable boldness. They labored valiantly; they plumbed the very depths and brought to the surface—a bucket of water.

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Abba Hillel Silver

1893–1963

Born in Lithuania and raised in a traditional home, Abba Hillel Silver came to the United States with his parents when he was nine years old. He was ordained at the Hebrew Union College in 1915, and after a short period at a small congregation in Wheeling, West Virginia, he spent the rest of his life as rabbi of The Temple in Cleveland, Ohio. A Zionist from his youth, Silver was a leading proponent of the movement in the United States and an outstanding orator on its behalf. He served as president of the Zionist Organization of America during the critical period 1945–1947.

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