Solomon Grayzel

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Solomon Grayzel (1896–1980) was an American historian who authored and testified[1] as an expert witness in Abington School District v. Schempp, the case that declared school-sponsored Bible reading in American public schools to be unconstitutional.[2] Among other topics, his scholarly research focused on the relationship between the Vatican and the Jews, including and many other scholarly essays and books on the topic.[3]

Grayzel was born on February 18, 1896 in Minsk, a major hub of Eastern European Jewry prior to the Holocaust which is now the capital of Belarus.[4] He emigrated to the United States as an adolescent, settling in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, with his family in 1908.[5] Grayzel received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the City College of New York in 1917 and a Master of Arts degree in sociology from Columbia University in 1920.[6] He received his semikhah (rabbinical ordination) from the Conservative Movement at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1921, and earned a Ph.D. in history from Dropsie College in 1926.[7] While working on his doctorate, Grayzel took his first and only full-time pulpit position at Congregation Beth El in Camden, New Jersey.[8] He was the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society from 1939-1966.

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  1. ^ https://philosophyofjewishhistoryhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/1958-08-05-6-grayzel-testimony-in-schemp-v.-abington-direct-and-cross.pdf
  2. ^ Schempp v. School District of Abington Township, Pa.
  3. ^ "Opinion | Popes and the Jews: After the Blessing". The New York Times. 15 May 1986.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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