Rabbi Sylvan Kamens eulogies

Collection

Identifier: umja0109

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists entirely of typed eulogies for various Jewish community members. Each eulogy is typed on a notecard and includes the person's name, date of passing, and Hebrew name. Each folder has a note including whose eulogy is included in the folder.

Dates

1965-1983

Creator

Kamens, Sylvan, Rabbi (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

Copyright

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Biographical / Historical

Rabbi Sylvan D. Kamens was raised in Philadelphia, earned a teachers diploma in Hebrew education from Gratz College in 1954, and received bachelor's degrees from Temple University and Gratz in 1956. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1961. Rabbi Kamens served as an Air Force chaplain in England from 1961-1963. He served at Tifereth Israel in Duluth, Minnesota, 1963-1969; as assistant rabbi at Temple of Aaron in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1969-1972; as rabbi of B'nai Emet, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, 1972-1983; and served at Temple Beth El in Akron, Ohio.