Background
Jacobson, David was born on December 2, 1909 in Cincinnati. Son of Abraham and Rebecca (Sereinsky) Jacobson.
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The Social Background Of The Old Testament
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David Jacobson
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Bachelor of Arts Cincinnati, 1931. Rabbi, Hebrew Union College, 1934. Doctor of Divinity, Hebrew Union College, 1959.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, 1936. Doctor of Laws, Our Lady of Lake College, 1964.
Career
Instructor Hebrew, Union College, 1933-1934;
rabbi, West Central Liberal Congregation, London, 1934-1936;
rabbi, Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, 1936-1938;
rabbi, Temple Beth-El, San Antonio, 1938-1976;
emeritus, Temple Beth-El, since 1976;
rabbi, Temple Mizpah, Abilene, Texas, 1981-1986. Chaplain, area military installations. Chaplain Audie Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital., 1973-1992.
Chairman Rabbinical Placement Commission, 1973-1978. Chairman discussion program KSAT-television, 1956-1980, KLRN-television, 1983.
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The Social Background Of The Old Testament
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The Social Background Of The Old Testament
Membership
Member Texas Senate Committee Welfare Reform, 1970, Texas State Ethics Commission, 1971, Texas State Medicaid Task Force, 1977. Member committee nursing homes Texas Department Human Resources, 1978-1980. President San Antonio Society Crippled Children and Adults, 1963-1966, Goodwill Industries San Antonio, 1956-1960, Bexar County chapter National Tuberculosis Association, 1955-1957, Community Welfare Council San Antonio, 1951-1953, San Antonio Area Foundation, 1965-1969, Research and Planning Council San Antonio, 1966-1967, Texas Social Welfare Association, 1967-1969, San Antonio Manpower Development Council, 1968-1976, Southwest region Central Conference American Rabbis, 1969-1970, Multiple Sclerosis Society San Antonio, 1975-1978, National Conference Social Welfare, 1976-1977, American Institute Character Education, 1976-1978, Prevent Blindness Society, San Antonio, 1980-1982.
Mediator San Antonio Printing Trades and Employers, 1968-1992. Member national labor panel American Arbitration Association, 1977-1992, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 1981-1992. Commissioner Housing Authority San Antonio, 1954-1958.
Board directors Our Lady of Lake University, 1966-1976, honorary board directors, since 1977. Also chairman advisory board Worden School Social Service of college, 1958-1967. Founder University Indiana Hillel Foundation, 1938, San Antonio Visiting Nurses Association, 1952, Community Welfare Council San Antonio, 1944.
Board directors Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, 1956-1984, San Antonio Medical Foundation, since 1962, Alamo council Boy Scouts American, 1950-1990, Children's Hospital Foundation, since 1964, Keystone School, San Antonio, 1960-1980, Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health, since 1968, Alamo chapter American Cancer Society, 1975-1983. Chairman Bexar County Community Corrections Commission, 1979-1981. Member national board Goodwill Industries American, 1965-1978.
Board overseers Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1966-1988, board governors, 1966-1968. Member Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, 1978-1982. Member national board National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1972-1988.
Served as chaplain with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Central Conference American Rabbis (chairman committee Judaism and health 1967-1972, chairman nominating committee 1979), Kallah of Texas Rabbis (president 1950-1951, chancellor-historian since 1977), American Social Health Association (director 1969-1975, Texas Congress Parents and Teachers (honorary life), National Association Retired Reform Rabbis (1st vice president 1996-1997, president 1997-1998), Rotary (San Antonio), B'nai B'rith (San Antonio) (honorary chairman 1974), Torch Club (San Antonio) (president 1961), Argyle Club (San Antonio), Sigma Alpha Mu, Pi Tau Pi.
Connections
Married Helen Gugenheim, November 6, 1938. Children: Liz Helenchild, Dottie J. Miller.
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American
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1931
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1934
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1959
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1936
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1964
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1933 - 1934
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1934 - 1936
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1936 - 1938
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1938 - 1976
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1981 - 1986
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Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1958, Aristotle-Aquinas award Catholic College Foundation S.A., 1959, Golden Deeds award Exchange Club San Antonio, 1959, Keystone award Boys' Club American, 1962, Lifetime Achievement award B'nai B'rith, 1964, National Humanitarian award, 1975, Edgar Helms award Goodwill Industries, 1972, Outland award Texas Society Prevent Blindness, 1988, Pioneer Peacemakers award San Antonio Bar Foundation, 1997. Named Outstanding Jew National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1961, Citizen of Year Sembradores de Amistad, 1971, Martin Luther King Distinguished Achievement award, 1989. Honoree S. Texas chapter Prevent Blindness as Person of Vision, 1979.Recipient Silver Beaver award Boy Scouts American, 1958, Aristotle-Aquinas award Catholic College Foundation S.A., 1959, Golden Deeds award Exchange Club San Antonio, 1959, Keystone award Boys' Club American, 1962, Lifetime Achievement award B'nai B'rith, 1964, National Humanitarian award, 1975, Edgar Helms award Goodwill Industries, 1972, Outland award Texas Society Prevent Blindness, 1988, Pioneer Peacemakers award San Antonio Bar Foundation, 1997. Named Outstanding Jew National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1961, Citizen of Year Sembradores de Amistad, 1971, Martin Luther King Distinguished Achievement award, 1989. Honoree S. Texas chapter Prevent Blindness as Person of Vision, 1979.