Background
Belkin, Samuel was born on December 12, 1911 in Swislicz, Poland. Son of Solomon and Mina (Sattir) Belkin.
Belkin, Samuel was born on December 12, 1911 in Swislicz, Poland. Son of Solomon and Mina (Sattir) Belkin.
Rabbi, Radun Theological Seminary, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary fellow), Brown University, 1935, honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1959. Student Harvard, 1934.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dropsie University, 1964.
Came to the United States 1929, naturalized, 1941. Instructor Greek, Yeshiva College (now Yeshiva U.), New York City, 1935-1940, professor Hellenistic literature, 1940-1943, president, Yeshiva University, 1943-1976, instructor Talmud, 1936-1940, dean of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, 1940-1976. Member of New York State Regents Advisory Council.
Publication committee Jewish Publication Society American.
Member of commission on chaplaincy National Jewish Welfare Board. National advisory board United World Federalists.
Trustee World Academy in Jerusalem. Board directors Society Friends Touro Synagogue National History Shrine, Youth Aid, Incorporated., Council of Higher Ednl.
Institutions in New York City.
Member Union Orthodox Rabbis United States and Canada, Jewish Book Council American, Jewish Academy Arts and Sciences (honorary), New York Academy Public Education, American Academy Political and Social Science, Jewish History Society (national advisory board committee of ’76 bicentennial of America Revolution), Academy Religion and Mental Health, American Association Jewish Education, American Academy Jewish Research (board fellows), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Selma Ehrlich, November 10, 1935. Married second, Abby Polesie, January 3, 1963. Children: Linda Rose Schuchalter, Salo Maurice.