Background
Birnbaum, Jacob was born on December 10, 1926 in Hamburg, Germany. Arrived in United States, 1963. Son of Solomon Asher and Irene Rikl (Grunwald) Birnbaum.
organization and communal service executive
Birnbaum, Jacob was born on December 10, 1926 in Hamburg, Germany. Arrived in United States, 1963. Son of Solomon Asher and Irene Rikl (Grunwald) Birnbaum.
Students Sunderland Jewish Theological Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, New York City, 1964, Center.
Teacher Avigdor Secondary Grammar School, London, 1951—1952. Dean students Sunderland Jewish Theological College, County Durham, 1952—1955. Director Hackney Jewish Community Center, London, 1955—1957, Jewish Community Council Manchester, Salford & Prestwich, 1957—1959.
Founder, national director Student Struggle Soviet Jewry, New York City, since 1964, Center Russian & East European Jewry, since 1966. Founder New York Youth Council on Soviet Jewry, 1965, Bronx Council Aid Soviet Jewry, 1966, New York Coordinating Committee Soviet Jewry, 1966. Co-founder Queens Council on Soviet Jewry, 1966.
Founder, honorary president Brooklyn Coalition Soviet Jewry, 1969. Co-founder, honorary chairman Greater New York Conference Soviet Jewry, 1971. Co-founder National Conference Soviet Jewry, 1971, New York Metropolitan Coordinating Committee Russian Jewish Immigrants, 1975.
Married Freda Beatrice Bluestone Birnbaum, November 21, 1971.