Background
Mr. Lelyveld was born on February 6, 1913, in New York City, New York, United States. He wa a son of Edward Joseph and Dora (Cohen) Lelyveld.
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Mr. Lelyveld was born on February 6, 1913, in New York City, New York, United States. He wa a son of Edward Joseph and Dora (Cohen) Lelyveld.
Arthur Lelyveld received his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 1933. In 1939 he earned a degree of Master of Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. In 1955 Mr. Lelyveld became Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa), graduating from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion. Finally, in 1986 Arthur Lelyveld obtained his Doctor of Letters (honorary) from Cleveland College, Jewish Studies.
A prominent rabbi he also embraced social activism in many forms. After his marriage Mr. Lelyveld moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where he led a congregation. He then moved to New York, where he took on organizational rabbinic roles, including heading up the national Hillel organization.
He served as a rabbi in Cincinnati for a time. He also served as president of the Zionist Organization of America from 1944. From 1958 until 1986, Arthur Lelyveld served as rabbi of Fairmount Temple in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood, Ohio.
From 1966 to 1972, he was president of the American Jewish Congress, a 50,000-member organization. He served as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and of the Synagogue Council of America. Mr. Lelyveld retired from the rabbinate in 1986 and died 10 years later.
He headed the Jewish Peace Fellowship a coalition - formed in 1941 - of a number of groups of Jewish antiwar activists. Unusually, in the Reform movement, Arthur Lelyveld voiced his support for the recognition of the State of Israel in 1946, lobbying Harry S. Truman to that end.
In 1964 Mr. Lelyveld spoke at funeral services for the murdered civil rights worker Andrew Goodman, and in 1972 he participated in the funeral of David R. Berger, an Israeli Olympian who was killed by terrorists during the summer Olympic Games in Munich, which was then part of West Germany.
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(Religion)
Arthur Lelyveld advocated the peaceful resolution of social conflicts and was a leader of efforts to promote closer relationships between blacks and Jews, as well as among Conservative and Orthodox Jewry.
American chairman Omaha Fair Employment Practice Council, 1942-1944. Public panel chairman WLB 1944. Executive committee National Hillel commission.
General chairman Cleveland Jewish Welfare Fund, 1963. Board advisors Martin Luther King Center for Social Change. Member Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism (honorary life), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (honorary executive committee Cleveland branch), Center Conference American Rabbis (executive board, national vice president 1973-1975, president 1975-1977), Synagogue Council American (national vice president 1975-1979, national president 1979-1981), American Jewish League Israel (national vice president 1962-1984, honorary president 1984-1996), Nacoms, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Sigma Rho.
Lodges: B'nai B'rith.
Mr. Lelyveld had five children. His son Joseph Lelyveld was the executive editor of the New York Times, and won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism. His son David Lelyveld was a professor of history at William Paterson University; he retired in 2012. Another son, Michael S. Lelyveld consults on Russian and Caspian energy. His daughter, Robin Lelyveld, is a psychologist. Arthur Lelyveld's youngest son, Benjamin, died in 1988 at the age of 30.
His second marriage, to Teela Stovsky, lasted 35 years.