Balfour Brickner
Balfour Brickner | |
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Born | Cleveland, Ohio | November 18, 1926
Died | August 29, 2005 New York City, New York | (aged 78)
Religion | Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion |
Balfour Brickner (November 18, 1926 – August 29, 2005), a leading rabbi in the Reform Judaism movement, was rabbi emeritus of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in Manhattan when he died.
Brickner was a longtime
He lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey and Stockbridge, Massachusetts.[1]
Brickner was born in
A year after he was ordained, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he founded Temple Sinai. He served there until 1961, when he moved to New York City for a position in the national headquarters of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now known as the Union for Reform Judaism. Though described as "a passionate Zionist," he openly aired his criticism of Israeli policies.[2]
Brickner served on the boards of the
Brickner's book Finding God in the Garden (Little, Brown and Company) was published by in 2002.[4][5]
On the occasion of the death of Rabbi Balfour Brickner, Dr. Eugene Fisher, Associate Director of the
External links
- Articles by Rabbi Balfour Brickner on the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner
References
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Balfour Brickner, Activist Reform Rabbi, Dies at 78", The New York Times, September 1, 2005. Accessed November 4, 2007. "Rabbi Balfour Brickner, a voice of Reform Judaism on issues like race and abortion and the rabbi emeritus of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in Manhattan, died on Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital. He was 78 and lived in Fort Lee, N.J., and Stockbridge, Mass."
- ^ a b Holley, Joe. "Rabbi Balfour Brickner, 78; Founded D.C.'s Temple Sinai", The Washington Post, September 1, 2005. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ 50 Sexiest New Yorkers: Sexiest Rabbi - Balfour Brickner, New York (magazine), August 2003. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ New York Sun, August 31, 2005. Accessed November 4, 2007.
- ^ "Rabbi Balfour Brickner Clergy Seminar: Who Was Rabbi Balfour Brickner | Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism". rac.org. Retrieved 2024-04-06.