Hirsch Loeb Sabsovich Explained

Hirsch Loeb Sabsovich (1860 1915) was a Russian-born Jewish American agronomist, chemist, agricultural educator, Mayor of Woodbine, New Jersey, General Agent of the Baron de Hirsch Fund,^[1] and a leader of the Am Olam movement.^[2]

Sabsovich was chosen to lead the Woodbine Jewish agricultural community when it was established in the 1890s. When the community was incorporated as a borough in 1903, around which time about 80% of its residents were Jewish, Sabsovich was elected as Woodbine's first mayor.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Sabsovich, Katharine. Adventures in Idealism: A Personal Record of the Life of Professor Sabsovich, Stratford Press, 1922
2. Web site: Sabsovich, H.L.. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
3. https://sites.rutgers.edu/jewish-agriculture/jewish-farming-in-the-garden-state/woodbine/ Jewish Agriculturalism in the Garden State: Woodbine