Background
Stern, Seymour Sholom was born on October 29, 1920 in New York City. Son of Harry and Frances (James) Stern.
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Seymour Sholom Stern
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Bachelor, City College of New York, 1939. Master of Arts, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1943. Postgraduate, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, 1957.
Postgraduate, University Southern California, 1957. Postgraduate, Jewish Theological Seminary America, 1962. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary America, 1984.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Hartman Institute, Jerusalem, 1987.
Career
Rabbi congregations Bnai Abraham, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1942-1943, East Liverpool, Ohio, 1943-1944. Rabbi Beth Israel Congregation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1944-1947, Salinas, Ventura, California, 1948-1956. Chaplain California State Department Mental Health, 1957-1979.
Counselor Hillel Foundation Brandeis University, 1944-1945. Chaplain National Jewish Welfare Board, San Francisco, 1947-1948. Officiated Pacific War Dead Repatriation Program.
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Chaplain surviving German Jews and Jewish Displaced Persons Occupied Germany, 1945-1947. Secretary Monterey County Jewish Community Council, 1950-1952. Executive director Ventura County Jewish Council, 1953-1956.
Captain United States Army, 1945-1947, European Theatre of Operations. Member The Rabbinical Assembly, Board Rabbis of Southern California.
