
Eight Decades
The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut
W. Gunther Plaut(Author)
Dundurn Group Ltd (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 27. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-1-55002-861-4 (ISBN)
Description
Eight Decades is a selection of previously published articles and essays by one of reform Judaism's most acclaimed twentieth-century rabbis and scholars, W. Gunther Plaut.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
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Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
636 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55002-861-4 (9781550028614)
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W. Gunther Plaut was born in Germany, but in 1935 fled the Nazis for the United States, where he became a rabbi. He was President of the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and from 1978 to 1985 served as Vice-Chair of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. Rabbi Plaut received nineteen honorary degrees and was a Companion of the Order of Canada. He published twenty-five books, including his magnum opus: The Torah: A Modern Commentary. Rabbi Plaut passed away in February 2011.
Jonathan V. Plaut, who wrote the introduction. is the spiritual leade rof Temple Beth Israel in Jackson, Michigan. Prior to this, Rabbi Plaut led Congregation Beth El in Traverse City, Michigan, where he is now Rabbi Ermeritus. He is the author of The Jews of Windsor 1790-1990: A Historical Chronicle and is the editor of One Voice: The Selecte Sermons of W. Gunther Plaut and The Plaut Family: Tracing the Legacy.
Jonathan V. Plaut, who wrote the introduction. is the spiritual leade rof Temple Beth Israel in Jackson, Michigan. Prior to this, Rabbi Plaut led Congregation Beth El in Traverse City, Michigan, where he is now Rabbi Ermeritus. He is the author of The Jews of Windsor 1790-1990: A Historical Chronicle and is the editor of One Voice: The Selecte Sermons of W. Gunther Plaut and The Plaut Family: Tracing the Legacy.