Rabbi Eliezer Silver (15 February 1882 - 7 February 1968) was the President of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada and among American Jewry's foremost religious leaders. He helped save many thousands of Jews in the Second World War and held several Rabbinical positions in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Ohio.
Read more about Eliezer Silver: Biography, World War II Rescue Activities, Post-World War II
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