Background
Salit, Norman was born on June 8, 1896 in Brooklyn. Son of Michael and Rachel Ethel (Altschul) Salit.
Salit, Norman was born on June 8, 1896 in Brooklyn. Son of Michael and Rachel Ethel (Altschul) Salit.
Bachelor of Arts, College City of New York, 1916. Juris Doctor, New York University, 1919. Rabbi, Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1920, M.H.L., 1949, Doctor of Letters (honorary), 1956.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Philathea College (Canada), 1957.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1922.
Assistant rabbi Congregation Beth Israel Anshei Emes, Brooklyn, 1917. Rabbi Temple Adath Israel, Bronx, New York, 1919-1924. Admitted to New York bar, 1920, also bar Supreme Court of the United States Court, Federal courts of Eastern and Southern districts New York, and Treasury Department.
Rabbi Congregation Shaaray Tefila, Far Rockaway, New York, 1924-1929.
Practice of law, New York City, since 1929. Associate counsel New York State Office Home Owners Loan Corporation, 1934-1937.
Director Wartime Emergency Common for Conservative Judaism, 1944-1946. Member religious advising committee Federal Civil Defense Administration.
Board directors Freedom Foundation, Incorporated.
Board of trustees Valley Forge Foundation. Member national council of Boy Scouts of America.
Member of the board overseers Jewish Theological Seminary American. Member of the United States Commission United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1953-1956. Member New York Board Rabbis, Rabbinical Assembly American (counsel, executive council, 1951-1958), Long Island Council of the American Jewish Congress (past president), Bar Association Nassau County, New York Company Lawyers Association Beta Kappa, Theta Sigma Lambda.
Mason (grand chaplain grand lodge New York).
Member B’nai B’rith.
Married Ruth Levy, July 1, 1928. Children: Naomi (Mistress Birnbach), Miriam (deceased).