Draft:Solomon Andhil Fineberg
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Solomon Andhil Fineberg (November 29, 1896 - February 1990) was a rabbi, author, and Jewish community leader in the United States.[1] He worked to combat anti-semitism and wrote five books including Overcoming Anti-Semitism in 1943, for which he won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 1945. He wrote Punishment Without Crime in 1949 about fighting prejudice and promoting human relations. He also wrote Checkmate for Rabble-rousers. He recommended isolating people like Gerald L. K. Smith and George Lincoln Rockwell. He also wrote The Rosenberg Case.
Fineberg was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
He married Hilda Cohen of Baltimore, Maryland in 1925.[2]
Books
[edit]- Overcoming Anti-Semitism (1943)[3]
- Punishment without crime : what you can do about prejudice
- Checkmate for Rabble-rousers
- The Rosenberg Case: fact and fiction[4]
- Deflating the professional bigot (1960)
Other writings
[edit]- "Biblical myth and legend in Jewish education : the presentation of Biblical myths and legends in books for Jewish religious schools", Phd. thesis Columbia University
- By the light of chanukah, a play inthree acts
- A Project in American Jewish history : a manual for teachers with Lee J. Levinger, Cincinnati Dept. of Synagogue and School Extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1931)
References
[edit]- ^ "Punishment Without Crime".
- ^ a b "A Finding Aid to the Solomon Andhil Fineberg Papers. 1914-1984".
- ^ Wagenknecht, Edward (31 October 1943). "An Acid Test of Democracy; OVERCOMING ANTI-SEMITISM. By Solomon Andhil Fineberg. Xii+225 pp. New York: Harper & Brothers. $2". The New York Times.
- ^ http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95038018/
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