The Forward

Walter Jacob, Pittsburgh rabbi who helped revive Reform Judaism in Germany, dies at 94

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The Reporter

Maccabeats to headline Congregation B’nai Jacob of Phoenixville’s celebration of Rabbi Jeff Sultar’s renewal

PHOENIXVILLE – Congregation B’nai Jacob of Phoenixville has announced an extension of its Covenantal Partnership with Rabbi Jeff Sultar as its spiritual leader. A celebration honoring Rabbi Sultar is ...
The Jewish Exponent

Last Word: Rabbi Jacob Staub Reconnects with Judaism

For those who don’t know Rabbi Jacob Staub, it’s hard to imagine that someone who has been a rabbi for the past 45 years, at one point, didn’t want to be Jewish at all. For Staub, 71, director of the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Conservative rabbinical group appoints Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal as its new head

(JTA) — The Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly appointed Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal as its new chief executive. Blumenthal, the spiritual leader at Shaare Torah in Gaithersburg, Maryland, will ...
Jewish Journal

Jewish community reacts to the passing of Rabbi Jacob Pressman

There is no Jewish Los Angeles as we know it without Rabbi Jacob Pressman. There is no Temple Beth Am, no Camp Ramah, no University of Judaism/American Jewish University, no Pressman Academy, no Los ...
Jewish Journal

Rabbi Jacob Pressman takes a bow

Rabbi Jacob “Jack” Pressman has always been an entertainer. He’s charming and funny — quite the talented singer — and possesses a flare for stage drama so becoming that at times it seems as if his ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Walter Jacob, Pittsburgh rabbi who helped revive Reform Judaism in Germany, dies at 94

PITTSBURGH — Rabbi Walter Jacob, who 60 years after he left Germany as a refugee returned to help revive its Liberal Jewish community, died Oct. 20 at his home in Pittsburgh. He was 94. The longtime ...