Photo credits: |
1916 - archives, hives of Temple Shalom,
Wheeling WV, his first pulpit |
1927 - from a photo with Chaim
Weizmann at the Hebrew Cultural Garden. |
1934 - courtesy of The Temple - Tifereth
Israel |
1942 - at a Zionist meeting in London |
1962 - photo by Yousof Karsh, courtesy of
The Temple-Tifereth Israel
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About this Site |
Introduction
— how these pages came to be
Site
Guide — how we present information
Permissions -
Privacy statement
Recollections — memories of Abba
Hillel Silver |
Youth |
The family's arrival, photos, maps, 1910 census |
Wheeling |
June
1915 - June 1917 in Wheeling,
Coming to Cleveland |
The Temple |
The Temple - Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio
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Zionism |
Ascent to leadership, success and later.
Photos.
Tannersville: 13 year old
Abe Silver in knickers |
Publications |
Books by AHS
Poem: "America"
In The Time of Harvest (A
festschrift, 1963) |
Biography |
Biographies
of Abba Hillel Silver: web
and print
The work of Ofer Shiff. |
Recognition |
Welcome, stamp, streets, Eisenhower inauguration,
Kfar Silver school,
Abba Hillel Silver Chair in Jewish Studies at CWRU
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Photos |
A small gallery of personal and family photographs |
Video/Audio |
May 8, 1947 -
Silver reads statement before UN Political and Security Committee
1954 - LP record: What is Judaism |
Death |
Silver's
death, funeral service,
gravesite,
obituary
and Death Notices. |
Masliansky |
Zvi
Hirsch Masliansky, Biography,
Photos,
Memoirs
Silver's Eulogy
Birthday
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Endnotes |
Webkeeper's notes
and supplementary information. |
Resources |
The Abba Hillel Silver Archives
Recommended sites on Cleveland and
American Jewish history.
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Other sections |
The friendship of Rabbis
Porath and Silver
What inspired the design of The Temple in
University Circle? |
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