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trained in the law and received his
Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the University of Berlin
in 1934
- ordained at the Hebrew Union College Cincinnati in 1939
- rabbinical service in Chicago and military service as a
chaplain in the European Theater in World War II
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1948 to 1961 he occupied the pulpit of
Minnesota's oldest temple, Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation of
St. Paul
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Rabbi Emeritus of Holy Blossom
Temple in Toronto where he was senior rabbi for many years until
he recently retired
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doctorate in international law
- honourary LLD degrees
from University of Toronto and York
University
- founder of the Urban Alliance
- an Officer of the Order of Canada
- a former president of the CCAR
- leading historian, scholar and representative of the Reform Movement,
he is generally regarded to belong to the very moderate,
right-of-center (if not rightist altogether) reformers
- he has been described as 'unique, one of Canada's treasures'
- in his mid-eighties, he is active in public affairs,
and writing and researching
- through his books and lectures, he is a
major influence in Canada, the United States, and beyond.
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Rabbi Plaut is an exceptional writer and story-teller, authoring many
books some of which are:
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Editor:
The Torah: A Modern Commentary
The Hafftorah Commentary
The Book of Proverbs: A Commentary (1961)
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Author:
The Magen David
Shabbat Manual
Judaism and the Scientific Spirit (1962)
Mount Zion - The First Hundred Years (1956)
The Jews of Minnesota (1959)
The Man Who Would Be Messiah
The Vanished Prophets of Prophetic Judaism
Holocaustological Viewpoints
Israel. Peuple Elu?
The Case for the Chosen People
- - The Role of the Jewish People Yesterday and Today
Your Neighbour is a Jew
Asylum: A Moral Dilemma
Xenophobia and Racism
Hanging Threads. Stories Real and Surreal
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Autobiography:
Unfinished Business
More Unfinished Business
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