Background
Karff, Samuel Egal was born on September 19, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Reba (Margalit) Karff.
(AGADA: The Language of Jewish Faith Samuel E. Karff)
AGADA: The Language of Jewish Faith Samuel E. Karff
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Permission to Believe is a powerful statement of belief and faith by Samuel Karff, a prominent rabbi, spiritual leader, and outstanding figure in Jewish-Christian relations. Rabbi Karff, describing conversations he has had his entire career with agnostics
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Karff, Samuel Egal was born on September 19, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Reba (Margalit) Karff.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1953. MAHL, Doctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, 1956.
Rabbi Congregation Beth Israel, Hartford, Connecticut, 1958-1960, Temple Beth El, Flint, Michigan, 1960-1962, Chicago Sinai Congregation, 1962-1974. Senior rabbi Congregation Beth Israel, Houston, 1975-1999, rabbi emeritus, since 1999. Visiting professor society and health University Texas Health Science Center, since 1999.
Lecturer University Chicago Divinity School, 1968-1975. Visiting associate professor University Notre Dame, 1966-1967. Adjunct professor religious studies Rice University, Houston, since 1976.
Associate director McGovern Center for Health, Humanities, and Human Spirit, University Texas Medical School, Houston, since 2004, visiting professor family medicine, since 2004.
(Permission to Believe is a powerful statement of belief a...)
(AGADA: The Language of Jewish Faith Samuel E. Karff)
Board of directors United Way, Houston, since 1991, Institute Religion, Houston, since 1990. Member Center Conference American Rabbis (president 1989-1991), Houston Philosophical Society, PhiBeta Kappa, Kiwanis.
Married Joan Mag, June 29, 1959. Children: Rachel Karff Weissenstein, Amy Karff Halevy, Elizabeth Karff Kampf.
