Background
Hertz, Richard Cornell was born on October 7, 1916 in St. Paul. Son of Abram J. and Nadine (Rosenberg) Hertz.
Hertz, Richard Cornell was born on October 7, 1916 in St. Paul. Son of Abram J. and Nadine (Rosenberg) Hertz.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Cincinnati, 1938; M.H.L., Hebrew Union College, 1942; honorary Doctor of Divinity, Hebrew Union College, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1948.
Ordained rabbi, 1942;
assistant rabbi, N. Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, Illinois, 1942-1947;
associate rabbi, Chicago Sinai Congregation, 1947-1953;
senior rabbi, Temple Beth El, Detroit, 1953-1982;
rabbi emeritus, Temple Beth El, Detroit, since 1982. Adjunct Professor Jewish Thought U. Detroit, 1970-1980, distinguished professor Jewish studies, since 1980. Special assistant to president Cranbrook Education Community, 1983-1984.
Delegate to international conference World Union for Progressive Judaism, London, 1959, 61, Amsterdam, 1978, board directors union, since 1973. Lecturer Jewish Chautauqua Society, 1942-1980. Former member plan board Synagogue Council American.
Past member chaplaincy commission, former board directors National Jewish Welfare Board;former member Executive Committee, vice chairman Citizen's Committee for Equal Opportunity, American Jewish Committee. Member Michigan Governor's Committee on Ethics and Morals, 1963-1969. Member Michigan advisory council United States Commision on Civil Rights, 1979-1985.
Past member of national board directors Religious Education Association. Past advisory board Joint Distribution Committee. Former member of national rabbinical council United Jewish Appeal;member rabbinic cabinet Israel Bonds, since 1972.
President Hyde Park and Kenwood Council Churches and Synagogues, Chicago, 1952.
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Director American Jewish Committee, member of national Executive Board, former honorary vice-chairman Detroit chapter. Past director Michigan Society Mental Health, Jewish Family and Children's Services, United Community Services, Jewish Welfare Federation Detroit. Vice president Jewish Community Council Detroit.
Director United Foundation, BoysClubs, Michigan region Anti-Defamation League. Chairman of the Board overseers Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1968-1972. Board of Governors Detroit Institute Technology, 1955-1970.
Trustee Marygrove College, Detroit, since 1986. Served aschaplain Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Sociological Society.
Member Association Jewish Studies, Detroit History Society, Central Conference American Rabbis (former national Chairman of Commission on Jews in Sovietorbit), American Jewish History Society, American Legion (department chaplain 1956-1957), Jewish War Veterans (department chaplain 1958-1959, 72-74), Alumni Association HebrewUnion College-Jewish Institute Religion (past director), National Association Retired Reform Rabbis (president 1989).
Married Mary Louise Mann, November 25, 1943 (divorced July 1971). Children: Nadine Hertz Urben, Ruth Mann Joyaux. Married Renda Gottfürcht Ebner, December 3, 1972.