Background
Glaser, Joseph Bernard was born on May 1, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis James and Dena Sophie (Harris) Glaser.
Glaser, Joseph Bernard was born on May 1, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Louis James and Dena Sophie (Harris) Glaser.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948; Juris Doctor, U. San Francisco, 1951; B.H.L., Hebrew Union College, 1954; M.H.L., Hebrew Union College, 1956; D.Div., Hebrew Union College, 1980; postgraduate (Merrill Trust grantee), Law Faculty Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1969-1970.
Rabbi, 1956; rabbi Temple Beth Torah, Ventura, California, 1956-1959. Regional director Union American Hebrew Congregations, San Francisco, 1959-1971. Executive vice president Central Conference American Rabbis, New York City, 1971-1994.
Registrar Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, 1956-1959, instructor homiletics, 1956-1959. Instructor Bible, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1954-1956. Vice chairman San Francisco Conference Religion and Peace, 1964-1971, San Francisco Conference Religion and Race, 1963-1968.
Chairman Clergy Committee Farm Labor Negotiation, 1967-1968. Chairman board Religion in American Life, 1977-1982, 87-94, chairman religious advisory council. Vice president American Friends of Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies.
Trustee Howard Thurman Educational Trust. Member, board directors American Jewish World Service. Member executive committee International Coordinating Committee on Religion and the Earth.
Active Committee 100 for Tibet. With infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Central Conference American Rabbis, Synagogue Council American (executive committee), Union American Hebrew Congregations (executive committee, trustee), Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, Jewish Law Association.
Married Agathe Maier, September 23, 1951. Children: Simeon, Meyer, Sara, John.