Background
Rhine, Abraham Benedict was born on September 6, 1877 in Shavli, Lithuania. Son of Mayer and Bella (Appel) Rhine.
Rhine, Abraham Benedict was born on September 6, 1877 in Shavli, Lithuania. Son of Mayer and Bella (Appel) Rhine.
Brought to the United States, 1889. Bachelor of Arts, University of Cincinnati, 1901. Rabbi, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1902, Doctor of Divinity, 1910.
Frances (Mistress William H. Sahud). Rabbi of Congregation House of Israel, Hot Springs, Arkansas, since 1902. Executive secretary, trustee, and one of founders of Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital.
Member Board of Education, since 1925, president, 1931-1933, 1938-1939. Chairman Garland Company Unemployment Committee, 1932-1934. Trustee Arkansas School for Girls, 1922-1932.
Founder and honorary president Arkansas Jewish Assembly. Founder Arkansas State Association of School Bds. (president 1934-1939.
Honorary president; member Governor’s Advisory Committee on Education, 1940). Director National Jewish Hospital, Denver, Colorado.
Member Board of Education, since 1925, president, 1931-1933, 1938-1939. Member Governor’s Advisory Committee on Education, 1940). Member Central Conference of America Rabbis, American Academy for Jewish Research.
Mason, B’nai B’rith. Translated from German “Graetz’s Popular History of the Jews” (5 vols.), 1919, and from the Hebrew Old Testament “The Essence of the Bible,” 1930.
Married Annette Wiener, June 11, 1905 (died 1934).