Steven S. Schwarzschild (1924-1989) was a rabbi, philosopher and theologian. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and grew up in Berlin. He emigrated to the United States in 1939. He received ordination at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1948. After returning to Berlin to serve as rabbi of the Berlin Jewish Community under the auspices of the World Union for Progressive Judaism he met Lily Rose (1913-2009) who he later married.

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  • Steven S. Schwarzschild (1924-1989) was a rabbi, philosopher and theologian. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and grew up in Berlin. He emigrated to the United States in 1939. He received ordination at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1948. After returning to Berlin to serve as rabbi of the Berlin Jewish Community under the auspices of the World Union for Progressive Judaism he met Lily Rose (1913-2009) who he later married. In 1950 he returned to the United States serving in Temple's in Lynn, Massachusetts and Fargo, North Dakota. In 1965 he was elected Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies at Washington University, St. Louis. He edited the journal Judaism until 1969 and was the senior editor the Werke of Hermann Cohen. He was awarded an honorary degree by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Through letter writing he entered into dialogue with the American Protestant theologian and pacifist John Howard Yoder. In 1989 he died after suffering an aneurysm.
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  • Steven S. Schwarzschild (1924-1989) was a rabbi, philosopher and theologian. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and grew up in Berlin. He emigrated to the United States in 1939. He received ordination at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1948. After returning to Berlin to serve as rabbi of the Berlin Jewish Community under the auspices of the World Union for Progressive Judaism he met Lily Rose (1913-2009) who he later married.
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  • Steven Schwarzschild
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