[T1S1] family history; maternal grandfather a rabbi in Russia and Lithuania; maternal uncles, scholars and rabbis; family moves to Rockaway, NY, in 1922 and 1923; father serves as rabbi in Rockaway until his death in 1954; education, Yeshiva High School, prep school, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins, and Dropsie University of Hebrew and Cognate Learning; rabbinical degree from Yeshiva; oriental studies at Johns Hopkins; home life; more family history; discussion of Lithuania after WWI; a story of the Holocaust; settling in Rockaway, NY; individuals who influenced his life; teaching "Religion and Culture of the Jews" at the University of Pittsburgh (UP); discussion of his teaching practices at UP.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.234_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.234
"Kessler, Aharon - 1983" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Kessler, Aharon - 1983
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Aharon Kessler, a PhD in Jewish studies, established the School of Advanced Jewish Studies in Pittsburgh and is an internationally known authority in the field of Jewish education.
Contributor
Kessler, Aharon (interviewee), Hurwitz, Linda;Fadale, Priscilla (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1983
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.234
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