Jonathan Plaut
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan V. Plaut D.H.L., D.D., LL.D. | |
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Jonathan V. Plaut, (October 7, 1942 – April 17, 2012
Biography
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He was born in Chicago, the son of Rabbi Dr. W. Gunther Plaut, an internationally renowned Jewish scholar who lived in Toronto, Ontario until his death on February 8, 2012 at the age of 99.
On October 1, 2000, Jonathan Plaut was appointed spiritual leader of
A 1964 graduate of
He was the editor of the Journal of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society from 1977 to 1984, and Through the Sound of Many Voices: Writings Contributed on the Occasion of the 70th Birthday of W. Gunther Plaut. For nearly nine years, he wrote a monthly article for the San Jose Jewish Community News. In 2007, he authored The Jews of Windsor 1790–1990: A Historical Chronicle. In 2007, he also edited One Voice: The Selected Sermons of W. Gunther Plaut and The Plaut Family: Tracing the Legacy and in 2008 wrote the introduction for Eight Decades: The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut.
All of Rabbi Plaut's papers spanning a career of nearly 40 years are housed at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Included in this collection are the research materials, newspaper articles, interviews and photographs of the Windsor Jewish Community from 1790 to 2000.
Rabbi Plaut held many civic and religious posts and was the youngest person to receive Windsor Jewry's highest communal honor in 1985, becoming the Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner honoree. Active in a variety of communal activities, Rabbi Plaut headed the Jewish National Fund, United Jewish Appeal of Windsor, State of Israel Bonds, Credit Counseling Service of Metropolitan Windsor, Counsel of Agency Executives and Rabbis in San Jose, and was chaplain for both the San Jose Fire and Police departments.
Rabbi Plaut and his wife, Carol, had two children: a son, Daniel Plaut, and a daughter, Mrs. Deborah Elias.[3]
Selected works
Authored:
- The Jews of Windsor, 1790–1990: A Historical Chronicle (2007), ISBN 978-1-55002-706-8
Edited:
- Through the sound of many voices : writings contributed on the occasion of the 70th birthday of W. Gunther Plaut (1982), ISBN 0-88619-030-4
- One Voice: The Selected Sermons of W. Gunther Plaut (2007), ISBN 978-1-55002-739-6
- Journal of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society Journal of the Canadian Jewish Historical Society
- The Plaut Family: Tracing the Legacy (2007), ISBN 978-1-886223-34-9
- Eight Decades (2008), ISBN 978-1-55002-861-4
- Eileen McCullough (1982), ISBN 978-0-88924-125-1
- One Voice (2007), ISBN 978-1-55002-739-6
Introduction/Preface:
- On Sunday Observance 1906, Compiled by David Rome with Preface Jonathan V. Plaut, (Montreal: National Archives, Canadian Jewish Congress, 1979)
- On the Early Harts, Compiled by David Rome with Preface Jonathan V. Plaut (Montreal: National Archives, Canadian Jewish Congress, 1980)
- On the Early Harts—Their Contemporaries, Compiled by David Rome with Preface Jonathan V. Plaut, (Montreal: National Archives, Canadian Jewish Congress, 1981–1982)
- Introduction, Plaut, W. Gunther, Eight Decades: The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut (Dundurn Press, 2008)
References
- ^ "Obituary". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Remembering Rabbi Jonathan V. Plaut". 19 April 2012.
- ^ Rabbi Jonathan V. Plaut, D.H.L., D.D. Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Temple Beth Israel website. Accessed August 11, 2009.
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