Laszlo Berkowits, Date of Birth

    

Laszlo Berkowits

American rabbi

Date of Birth: 29-Feb-1928

Profession: rabbi

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Laszlo Berkowits

  • Laszlo Berkowits (February 29, 1928-) is a Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi.
  • From 1944-1945, he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • After his release in 1945, he studied briefly in Sweden before he moved to the United States, where he began studying to be a rabbi.
  • He was ordained in 1963. In 1963, he was hired by Temple Rodef Shalom as its first senior rabbi.
  • He held this title for 35 years, prior to his retirement in July, 1998.
  • In 1988, he received his Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
  • He is currently the Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Rodef Shalom.

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