Background
Federbush, Simon was born on February 15, 1892 in Narol, Austria. Son of Hersh and Cecylia Czarna (Hirsh) Federbush.
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Federbush, Simon was born on February 15, 1892 in Narol, Austria. Son of Hersh and Cecylia Czarna (Hirsh) Federbush.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Vienna (Austria), 1923. Graduate Jewish Theological Seminary, Vienna, 1923.
Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1945. Founder, president student union Mizrahi, Vienna, 1918. Ordained rabbi, 1923.
Member World Zionist General Council, 1923-1969.
Member Polish Parliament, 1923-1928. President Zionist organization Mizrahi of Galicia, Poland, 1928-1930.
Administrative committee Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1929-1931. Chief rabbi of Finland, 1930-1940.
Rabbi Salanter Congregation, New York City, 1941-1969.
President Zionist organization Hapoel Hamizrahi of America, 1941-1945. Director cultural department, member Executive Committee World Jewish Congress, 1945-1958. Chairman World Union Hebrew Culture, 1950-1969.
President Hebrew Organisation American, 1955-1969.
Chairman Committee Reclamation Cultural Property Confiscated by Nazis, 1945-1950. Executive Committee American Jewish Conference, 1946.
President Hebrew weekly Hadoar, New York City, 1964-1969. President Jewish American Writers Moriah, 1950-1969.
Chairman Public Society Moriah, 1952-1969.
Member Jewish Welfare Board American. Life member World Zionist Action Committee Author (in Hebrew). Yiyunim, 1929; Law and Ethics, 1944.
State Law in Israel, 1952.
Essays on Talmudical Literature, 1957. Studies in Judaism, 1965.
The Hebrew Language in Israel and Among the Nations, 1967. The Evolution of Jewish Law (posthumous).
Editor: several volumes of Jewish scholarship, also Jewish Horizon, 1941-1945.
Author: (in English) Jewish Concept of Labor, 1956. World Jewry Today, 1959. Others. Address: Bronx New New York
Member World Zionist General Council, 1923-1969. Member Polish Parliament, 1923-1928. Member Jewish Welfare Board American.
Married Taube Toni Miriam Horowitz, March 25, 1928. Children: Uriel, Emanuel.