1930 - 2024
Walter Jacob American
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| First Name |
Walter
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| Last Name |
Jacob
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| Birthday |
13th March, 1930
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| Birthplace |
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
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| Died |
20th October, 2024
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| Place of Death |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Nationality |
American
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Walter Jacob (March 13, 1930 – October 20, 2024) was an American Reform rabbi. He was rabbi at the Rodef Shalom Congregation in Pittsburgh from 1955 to 1997. He served as chairman of organizations such as the Central Conference of American Rabbis and World Union for Progressive Judaism. Jacob wrote a book, Christianity Through Jewish Eyes in 1974, leading to interfaith dialogue. He founded the Solomon B. Freehof Institute for Progressive Halakhah in 1991, an international forum for Jewish law. In Germany, he co-founded the Abraham Geiger College, the first rabbinic seminary in Central Europe since the Holocaust, in 1999.
