Background
Currick, Max Cohen was born on September 1, 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fishel and Hannah (Ganut) Currick.
Currick, Max Cohen was born on September 1, 1877 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Fishel and Hannah (Ganut) Currick.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Cincinnati, 1898. Rabbi, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1898. D D. (honorary), 1939.
Rabbi United Hebrew Congregation, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1898-1901, Congregation Anshe Hesed, Erie, Pennsylvania, since 1901, editor Erie Dispatch (daily and Sunday), 1912-1916. Columnist Erie Daily Times, Erie Dispatch-Herald, Erie Observer, Chairman, regional panel War Labor Board. President Central Conference of America Rabbis, 1937-1939, vice president same, 1935-1937, chairman Committee on International Peace, 1927-1935.
Chairman, Liberal Judaism, a monthly magazine Vice-president Community Chest of Erie County since 1918, Erie Public Library, 1923-1937, president since 1937.
Author: (monographs) Jewish Apologetics, 1911. The Synagogue and the Philanthropies, 1916. The History of Congregation Anshe Hesed (Erie, Pennsylvania), 1929.And many others.
Member Board of Governors Hebrew Union College, 1932-1939, Union of America Hebrew congregations, 1937-1939. Member Erie Chapter, American Red Cross. Member board Erie Boys’.
Married Florence L. Baker, January 27, 1910.