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Katsh, Abraham Isaac was born on August 10, 1908 in Poland. Came to United States, 1925, naturalized, 1932. Son of Reuben and Rachel (Maskilleison) Katsh.
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"A precious record of Jewish life under Nazi rule." ―New York Review of Books "Not only the material for history; it is history itself, agonizingly, triumphantly alive." ―Saturday Review Warsaw resident Chaim Kaplan’s journal begins on September 1, 1939, the day the Nazi blitzkrieg stunned the world―the Jews of Poland most of all. It ends in August 1942, when Kaplan realized that the Nazi noose was around his neck. Today Kaplan’s diary stands as an extraordinary record of the Nazi destruction of Warsaw's Jewish community. It is as timely as ever.
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educator university president emeritus
Katsh, Abraham Isaac was born on August 10, 1908 in Poland. Came to United States, 1925, naturalized, 1932. Son of Reuben and Rachel (Maskilleison) Katsh.
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1931. AM, New York University, 1932. Juris Doctor, New York University, 1936.
Postgraduate, Princeton, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Dropsie University, 1944. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dropsie University, 1976.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, 1964. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Spertus College of Jewish Studies, Chicago, 1968. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Christian Theological Seminary, 1970.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), University Dubuque. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania.
Instructor Hebrew New York University, 1934-1937. Founder, executive director Jewish Culture Foundation, 1937-1944, executive chairman, 1944-1967, instructor education, 1937-1944, assistant professor, 1944-1945, associate professor, 1945-1947, professor education, 1947-1966. Professor Hebrew and Near Eastern studies Graduate School Arts and Sciences, 1966-1967.
Director Institute Hebrew Studies, 1962-1967, Arabic instructor, 1942-1943. Founder, director Library Judaica and Hebraica, 1942, curator, 1952-1967, chairman department foreign languages, 1953-1954, chairman department Hebrew culture education, 1953-1967. Director Hebrew language and literature section Washington Square College, 1957-1966, New York University distinguished professor research, 1967-1968, professor emeritus, since 1976.
Lecturer New School Social Research. Director American Workshop on Israel Life and Culture, held in Israel sponsored by New York University, 1949-1967. President Dropsie University, Philadelphia, 1967-1976, president emeritus, since 1976, distinguished research professor Hebraica, since 1967, distinguished research professor, since 1976.
Visiting scholar Oxford Center for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, 1977-1978. Scholar Mishkenot Shaananim, London, 1978-1979. Lecturer at international congress and world congress.
United States participant Congress Linguistics and Hebrew Scholarship, University Vienna, 1976. Chairman National Board of License for Teachers and Colleges field Hebrew Studies, since 1957. Special examiner New York City Board Education.
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Trustee Dropsie University, A.S.O.R. Board governors World Hebrew Academy. Member national board Jewish National Fund American, 1986.
Member New York State Federation Foreign Language Teachers (director), World Congress Hebrew Language and Culture (executive committee), Jewish Book Council American (national committee), Zionist Organization American (national chairman 1949-1951), National Council Jewish Education (executive committee), Jewish Academy Arts and Science (chairman executive board, president since 1981, Commemorative Einstein medal 1986), National Association Professors Hebrew in American Institutions Higher Learning (founder, president 1951-1953, honorary president since 1953, Festschrift in his honor 1985), American Association Jewish Education (national chairman board licenses), Hadoar Association (executive board), Institute International Education, Modern Language Association (chairman evaluation modern Hebrew materials), American Jewish Congress, World Hebrew Congress, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Estelle Wachtell, February 20, 1943. Children: Ethan, Salem, Rochelle.