Background
Greenberg, Simon was born on January 8, 1901 in Horoshen, Russia. Son of Morris and Bessie (Chaidenko) Greenberg. came to the United States, 1905, naturalized, 1924.
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This volume consists of seven sections, the first of which is devoted to an extensive presentation of the endowments of man. Drawing on the vast resources of the biblical-rabbinic tradition and of general philosophic and religious thought, it continues with comprehensive discussions which should prove helpful in formulating a personal philosophy and pattern of life constructively integrating one's Jewish, American, and human heritages. It deals with such questions as "Is life good?", "What does it mean to be an American?", "What are the options available to Jews?", "How does one experience the Jewish heritage intellecutally and emotionally?", "What theological and general concepts and what ethical values pervade the Jewish heritage?", "How are they concretized in the life of the individual and the community?", and "what are the problems that confront the Jewish heritage?"
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Diversity of view ponts on many aspects of Judaism has always been a characeristic of the Conservative Movement. Conservative Jews differ in their conception of God, their approach to tradition, their attitude to Jewish law, and in their view of Israel as a chosen people. Despite these differences, however, from the very inception of the Movement, there have always been areas of agreement on which all wings have been united. This underlying unity is particularly apparent in the attitude of COnservative Judaism toward Eretz Yisrael, Zionism, and the State of Israel. In this pamphlet Dr. Simon Greenberg, traces the position of centrality which Eretz Yisrael has occupied in the Jewish religion and in the thinking of the leaders of the Conservative Movement. He deals in detail with three very important theoretical problems which were inherent from the beginning of the Zionist Movement and which have taken one added impetus for Americans since the founding of the State, whether an obligation exists for Jews to take up residence in Israel, the question of dual allegiance, and the probelm of outside interference in the social order of the new state.
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Rabbi education and homiletics educator
Greenberg, Simon was born on January 8, 1901 in Horoshen, Russia. Son of Morris and Bessie (Chaidenko) Greenberg. came to the United States, 1905, naturalized, 1924.
Student, University Minnesota, 1920-1921; Bachelor of Arts, College City New York, 1922; Rabbi, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Dropsie College, Philadelphia, 1932; Doctor of Divinity, Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1950; postgraduate, Hebrew U. in Jerusalem, American School for Oriental Research, Jerusalem, 1924-1925.
Greenberg was part of the senior management of many Jewish organizations in America. He helped to found a number of institutions, including the American Jewish University, of which he was the first President. At the time of his death he was vice chancellor emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Greenberg has been called "one of the most important leaders of the Conservative movement".
At the age of 4 he moved to the United States with his family. He then began studying at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he was ordained rabbi in 1925.
Throughout his career, Greenberg was committed to both the academic and sacred spheres, often undertaking overlapping tasks. Thus 1925 marked Greenberg"s ordination, his enrollment at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as part of its first class of students and his appointment as rabbi of the Har Zion Temple in Philadelphia, a position he would hold until 1946.
His responsibilities in Philadelphia included acting as an advisor to Jewish students at the nearby University of Pennsylvania and Temple University.
In his final year in Philadelphia he help co-found the Akiba Hebrew Academy. In 1932, Greenberg was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy from Dropsie College. He went on to join the faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary the same year.
In 1950 he became executive director of the United Synagogue of America.
The same year at the organization"s biennial conference he was instrumental in persuading fellow attendees to call for the repeal of the McCarran Internal Security Acting. Greenberg spoke against the Acting, calling it a threat to civil liberties.
Greenberg stepped down from his role as executive director in 1953. In 1948, Greenberg was named acting president of Jewish Theological Seminary.
In 1957 Greenberg became vice chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, a post he held until 1986.
Thereafter he was vice chancellor emeritus. Shortly after becoming vice chancellor, in 1958, Greenberg co-founded the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University) in Los Los Angeles He was the institute"s first President, stepping down from the role in 1963, the year he became chairman of the executive committee of the Jewish Agency and the World Zionist Organization of America.
He stepped down from that role in 1968.
Greenberg has been called "one of the most important leaders of the Conservative movement". Every year the Jewish Theological Seminary present the Rabbi Simon Greenberg Award "for outstanding devotion to klal Yisrael (the entire Jewish community) and to all humanity and for unswerving loyalty to JTS.".
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Board of directors Philadelphia Psychiatric Hospital. President Rabbinical Assembly American, 1937-1939. Past president Avukah-Intercoll.
Zionist Organisation, Philadelphia branch United Synagogue, Philadelphia Board Jewish Ministers. Member of national Executive Committee Zionist Organisation American, president Philadelphia branch, 1941-1944, chairman national education committee, 1943-1945. Executive director United Synagogue American, 1950-1953.
Member Executive Committee World ZionistOrgn., 1964-1968. Chairman United Synagogue Commision on Jewish Education, 1962-1967. Member praesidium World Council on Jewish Education, 1964-1968.
Past member chaplains religious council University of Pennsylvania. Fellow Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion.
Married Betty Davis, December 13, 1925. Children: Moshe, Daniel Asher.