Background
Coffee, Rudolph Isaac was born on July 24, 1878 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Michael Harris and Rosa (Abrahamson) Coffee.
Coffee, Rudolph Isaac was born on July 24, 1878 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Michael Harris and Rosa (Abrahamson) Coffee.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1900. Rabbi, Jewish Theological Seminary America, New York, 1904. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Pittsburgh, 1908.
Assistant in education, Teachers College (Columbia), 1900-1903. Organized religious work in Y.M.H.A., New York, and in charge of same, 1900-1903. Actg. superintendent and superintendent Hebrew Orphan Asylum, New York, 1903-1905.
Rabbi “Tree of Life” Congregation, Pittsburgh, 1906-1915.
Director social service department Independent Order of B’nai B’rith, Chicago, 1915-1917. Rabbi Temple Judea, Chicago, 1917-1920, Collingwood Avenue Temple, Toledo, 1920-1921, Temple Sinai, Oakland, California, 1921-1933.
Member State Board Charities and Corrections, 1924-1931.
Married Doris Hirshfeld, November 6, 1910 (died 1916). Married second, Mistress. Children: Roger H., Marian L.