Isaac Edward Kiev
Isaac Edward Kiev (1905 in
Hebrew Union College in New York City, as well as serving as a pulpit rabbi for the Congregation Habonim and as a chaplain at the tuberculosis sanitarium Seaview Hospital from 1927 to 1975.[2]
Professional life
In 1924, Kiev entered the Jewish Institute of Religion under the tutelage of
Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, an organization that distributed heirless Jewish books and artifacts after the Holocaust. He was also president of the Jewish Librarians Association (1951-1959), worked extensively with the Jewish Book Council
throughout his career, and served as editor for Library Trends and Studies in Bibliography and Booklore. He also translated the Kafra Haggadah (1949).
External links
- I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection at George Washington University
- Partial Guide to the I. Edward Kiev Papers at George Washington University
References
- ISBN 978-1-4033-0852-8.
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