Isaac Stollman

Isaac Stollman (Hebrew: יצחק סטולמן) was a noted rabbi, author and religious Zionist leader. He was born in Russia[1] in 1897. He studied at some of the most prominent Yeshivos including the Yeshiva of the Chofetz Chaim in Radin,[2] the Slobodka yeshiva, and the Novardok yeshiva. He received rabbinical ordination from Shimon Shkop, Moshe Mordechai Epstein and others. In 1924, he immigrated to the United States where he served as rabbi in Detroit, Michigan. In 1925 he became rabbi of the Mishkan Israel synagogue.[3] In Detroit he was active in many areas of Jewish life. He served as leader of Young Israel, the Stoliner Synagogue, the Beth Yehudah school, the Jewish Community Council, and was also on the board of the Jewish Federation.[4] In 1957, having served as vice-president of Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi of America for years,[5] he was elected president of that organization,[6][7] re-elected in 1959,[8] and remained in that position till 1960.[9] He was the president of the Detroit Rabbinical Council and the author of the acclaimed[10][11] Minchas Yitzchak on the Pentateuch.[12] Upon Stollman's death in 1980, Emanuel Rackman representing Bar-Ilan University referred to Rabbi Stollman as a "distinguished Rabbi and scholar and outstanding Religious Zionist leader".[13] Rabbi Norman Lamm representing Yeshiva University referred to Stollman as "an outstanding scholar and Zionist."[14]

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References

  1. ↑ Religion: Soil & Soul. Time. Jan. 21, 1957
  2. ↑ American Jews, Their Lives and Achievements: a contemporary biographical record. American Jewish Literary Foundation, 1947. Page 157.
  3. ↑ Bolkosky, Sidney M. Harmony & Dissonance: Voices of Jewish Identity in Detroit, 1914-1967. page 30. Wayne State University Press; 1st ed edition (November 1991)
  4. ↑ Bolkosky, Sidney M. Ibid, page 389
  5. ↑ Religion Decried as McCarthy Issue. New York Times. November 22, 1954. Page 12.
  6. ↑ Detroit Rabbi Will Head Religious Zionist Group. New York Times. January 14, 1957.
  7. ↑ Religion: Soil & Soul. Time. Jan. 21, 1957
  8. ↑ Religious Zionists Hear Leader Ask Soviet To Permit Jews To Emigrate. Canadian Jewish Review. December 19, 1959.
  9. ↑ Religious Zionists Pick City Rabbi as Leader. New York Times. January 18, 1960.
  10. ↑ Rabbi Stollman to Speak At Bond Dinner. The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. March 22, 1957. "The Rabbi is the author of the four volumes on the Pentateuch under the Hebrew titles "Minchas Yitzchak" which received wide acclaim in the religious world and established its author as master interpreter of the bible in light of Jewish ethics and philosophy."
  11. ↑ Hamaor, Volume 8, No. 8, Page 36. Review of fourth volume of Minchas Yitzchak.
  12. ↑ Rand, Asher (editor). Toldot Anshe Shem. New York, 1950.
  13. ↑ Obituary. New York Times, January 8, 1980.
  14. ↑ Obituary. New York Times, January 9, 1980.

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