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Jacob Samuel Minkin (1885-1962) was an American rabbi, hospital chaplain and an author on Jewish history and Hasidism.[1][2]

Overview

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Minkin was born in 1885 in Švenčionys, Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire). He was subsequently educated in Prague and New York City. Minkin served as a congregational rabbi for Conservative Judaism and later as a chaplain at Fordham Hospital. He authored a number of works on Jewish history. He died in 1962 in Tel Aviv, Israel.[2]

In 1910, Minkin received rabbinical ordaination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. His congregational posts included serving in Hamilton, Ontario, Rochester, New York, and New York City.[3]

Minkin's wife, Fanny, was a graduate of the Brooklyn Law School and was actively involved in the leadership of the Women's League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ).[3]

Works

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  • The Romance of Hassidism (1935)
  • Herod: A Biography (1936)
  • Abarbanel and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1938)
  • The World of Moses Maimonides (1957)
  • The Shaping of the Modern Mind: The Life and Thought of the Great Jewish Philosophers (1963)
  • Gabriel da Costa (1969)

References

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  1. ^ Gordon, Bezalel. "Jacob Samuel Minkin (1885–1962)", Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed).
  2. ^ a b JACOB MINKIN, 78, RABBI AND AUTHOR; Fordham Hospital Chaplain Since 1937 Dies in Israel. New York Times. 15 March 1962.
  3. ^ a b Schwartz, S. R. (2007) The Power Behind the Throne. NYU Press. Page 67.



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