Dr. Samuel Schulman was the last rabbi at Historic Temple Beth-El at Fifth Avenue and Seventy-sixth Street, New York City, before it closed in 1929.* I have no further information about him except that he presided at my father's first marriage in 1912** and read the Eulogy 15 years later at his mother's funeral.***
* Jewish Heritage Report. Vol. I, No. 2 / Summer 1997
Fifty Years Ago: Demolition of NYC's Beth-El
** The New York Times, April 18, 1912
*** May 1927, but source not immediately accessed
Harry Houdinis' father, Mayer Samuel Weiss, was a rabbi.
His father was Mayer (Mayo) Samuel Weiss (a rabbi by the way)i; his mother was Cecilia Steiner.
Some Israelite leaders were:AbrahamIsaacJacobJosephMosesJoshuaDavidSolomonthe LevitesAlso: Deborah (Judges ch.4-5), Samuel, King Hezekiah, Mordecai, Ezra, Hillel, Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Judah ("the prince"), Rabbi Ashi, Rabbi Saadia Gaon, and thousands more. See also the attached Related Link.
Houdini's father was Rabbi Mayer (Mayo) Samuel Weiss (1829-1892), and his mother was Cecilia Steiner (1841-1913).
Houdini's father was Rabbi Mayer (Mayo) Samuel Weiss (1829-1892), and his mother was Cecilia Steiner (1841-1913).
Originally, it was a rabbi, a rabbi, and a rabbi walk into a bar. . .
Rabbis. Here are a few examples from the Talmud. Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel, Chanina ben Dosa, Bava ben Buta, Shimon ben Hillel, Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Yossi haKohen, Rabbi Shimon ben Netanel, Rabbi Elazar ben Arakh, Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri, Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Nechuniah, Rabbi Nachum Gamzu, Rabbi Yossi Glili, Rabbi Honi Me'agel, Rabbi Abba Shaul, and hundreds of others. Each of these had large groups of disciples.
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A rabbi is a teacher.
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