Background
Goldman, Solomon was born on August 18, 1893 in Kozin, Volhynia, Russia. Son of Abraham Abba and Jeannette (Grossman) Goldman.
Goldman, Solomon was born on August 18, 1893 in Kozin, Volhynia, Russia. Son of Abraham Abba and Jeannette (Grossman) Goldman.
Preparatory education, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Seminary. Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1917. Rabbi, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1918, Doctor of Hebrew Literature, 1936, Doctor of Literature, 1946.
Doctor of Divinity, Jewish Institute Religion, 1947.
Graduate study Columbia and University of Chicago.
Rabbi B’nai Israel Congregation, Brooklyn, 1917-1918. B’nai Jeshurun Congregation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1919-1922, Jewish Center, Cleveland, 1922-1929, Ansche Emet Synagogue, Chicago, Illinois, since 1929. Formerly member Committee of 100 and New Charter communications of Cleveland.
Vice president American Zionist Organisation.
Honorary president National Hebrew Association. Delegate World’s Zionist Congress, 1937, vice president, same, 1939.
Conducted Jewish National Fund campaign in South Africa, 1937. Member Hillel Foundation Commission.
Made goodwill tour of South America, 1941.
Member Hillel Foundation Commission. Member United Palestine Appeal (honorary vice-chairman). Member Rabbinical Assembly, American Academy Political and Social Science, American Oriental Society, Linguistic Society America, Societas Spinoza.
Clubs: Covenant, Standard, Bryn Mawr (Chicago).
Married Alice Lipkowitz, June 23, 1918. Children: Geulah (Mistress Joseph Epstein), Naomi (Mistress Albert Zemel).