Background
Soloff, Rav Asher was born on January 4, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Mordecai Isaac and Eve Lee (Miller) Soloff.
Soloff, Rav Asher was born on January 4, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Mordecai Isaac and Eve Lee (Miller) Soloff.
Bachelor, University Cincinnati, 1947. MHL, Hebrew Union College, 1951. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Hebrew Union College, 1976.
Doctor of Philosophy, Drew University, 1967.
Rabbi Temple Israel, Lafayette, Indiana, 1951-1952. Chaplain United States Army, various cities, 1952-1954. Assistant rabbi Temple B'Nai Jeshurun, Newark, 1954-1959.
Rabbi East End Temple, New York City, 1959-1970. Co-rabbi Fairmount Temple, Cleveland, 1970-1976. Rabbi Beth Sholom Congregation, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1976-1992.
Contract chaplain Ebensburg Center, Somerset (Pennsylvania) State Hospital, since 1982, Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto, Pennsylvania, since 1987. Visiting professor Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1989, University Pittsburgh, Johnstown, 1990-1991. Instructor school education Hebrew Union College.
State chairman New Jersey Committee for Human Rights, Newark, 1958. Secretary East Midtown Conservation and Development Corporation, New York City, 1968-1970. President Cleveland Zionist Federation, 1973-1974.
Chairman Cambria County Mental Health Board, Ebensburg, 1977-1979. Moderator Johnstowners for Nuclear Awareness, 1987-1990. Member Center Conference American Rabbis (organizer, leader post-convention study mission 1988, executive committee and others since 1951), Greater Johnstown Clergy Association (vice president 1977-1979), Association for Humanistic Psychology, Academy Political and Social Sciences, B'nai Brith.
Married Harriet Leibowitz, January 27, 1952. Children: Rebecca, Sharon, Michael.