Background
Sar, Samuel Leib was born on March 15, 1893 in Poland. Son of Elijah and Ethel (Bikowitz) Sar.
Sar, Samuel Leib was born on March 15, 1893 in Poland. Son of Elijah and Ethel (Bikowitz) Sar.
Came to the United States, 1914, naturalized, 1919. Graduate Telshe Theological Seminary, 1913. Student Mount Vernon Collegiate Institute, 1915.
Attended U. Maryland., school of law 1917-1919. Doctor of Divinity honoris causa, Yeshiva University, 1953.
Rabbi, 1913; head Jewish educational school system, Baltimore, 1917-1918, Junior department theological seminary Yeshiva U., New York City, since 1919, dean of men, professor bible, 1937, secretary board, 1919-1943. Republican American Jewish Conference to study conditions Jewish displaced persons, Germany and Austria, 1945. European director Central Orthodox Committee, aiding in religious and spiritual rehabilitation European Jewry, 1948.
Member Mizrachi Organisation of America (vice president), Association Higher Education of America.
Married Bertha Gifter, October 16, 1917. Children: Eli, Esther Pearl (wife of Rabbi Abraham N. Zuroff).