Walter Wurzburger Explained

Honorific Prefix:Rabbi
Walter S. Wurzburger
Birth Date:March 1920
Birth Place:Munich, Germany
Death Place:Lawrence, New York, USA
Nationality:American
Occupation:Rabbi, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Denomination:Modern Orthodox Judaism
Notable Works:Ethics of Responsibility: Pluralistic Approaches to Covenantal Ethics, God is Proof Enough
Office1:Rabbi of Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, Toronto
Term Start1:1953
Term End1:1966
Office2:Rabbi of Congregation Shaaray Tefila, Lawrence, New York
Term Start2:1967
Term End2:1994

Rabbi Walter S. Wurzburger, originally Würzburger, (1920 - April 16, 2002), a leader of Modern Orthodox Judaism and student of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, was born in Munich in March 1920 and emigrated to America in 1938.

He was Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva University, and headed both the Rabbinical Council of America and the Synagogue Council of America during his career. He received the National Rabbinic Leadership Award and the Samuel Belkin Literary Award. Rabbi Wurzburger is the author of Ethics of Responsibility: Pluralistic Approaches to Covenantal Ethics, God is Proof Enough, and co-editor of A Treasury of Tradition.[1]

Rabbi Walter Wurzburger studied at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Yeshiva College and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and received a PhD from Harvard on the philosophy of Brentano.

He served as rabbi of Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto from 1953 to 1966[2] and subsequently at Congregation Shaaray Tefila in Lawrence, New York from 1967 until 1994. Wurzburger continued at Congregation Shaaray Tefila as Rabbi Emeritus and continued to reside in Lawrence until his death on April 16, 2002 (Iyyar 4).[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Walter Wurzburger, 82; Leader of Rabbinical Council of America. Los Angeles Times. 2002-04-19. 2019-05-03.
  2. Olitzky, The American synagogue: a historical dictionary and sourcebook, p. 378
  3. Wurzburger, God is Proof Enough, bio info on back cover.
  4. Web site: Rabbi Walter Wurzburger, 82.