Lipman, Eugene J. (Personal Name)

Vorspan, A. Justice and Judaism, c1956: t.p. (Eugene J. Lipman)

LC in OCLC, 5-1-87 (hdg.: Lipman, Eugene J.)

NUCMC data from Amer. Jewish Archives for His Papers, 1936-1998 (Eugene Jay Lipman was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. on Oct. 13, 1919. He attended the Univ. of Pittsburgh and the Univ. of Cincinnati before being ordained by Hebrew Union College in 1943. Lipman was rabbi of Temple Sinai in Washington, D.C. from June 1961 to July 1985, after which he served as rabbi emeritus. He had previously performed rabbinical duties at Temple Beth El in Fort Worth, Tex., and Temple Emanuel in Mansfield, Ohio. Lipman was an army chaplain from 1944 to 1946--aiding displaced persons in Germany until 1948--and again in 1950 and 1951 at the start of the Korean War. He was director of the B'nai B'rith Foundation at the Univ. of Washington in Seattle (1949-1951), director of Synagogue Activities (1951-1961) and the Commission on Social Action (1953-1961) for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, and president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1987-1989). Lipman also taught at the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Tex., and at Harvard University, Columbia University, the American University and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Lipman authored several books--including Justice and Judaism, A Tale of Ten Cities, The Rabbi in Secular Society, and The Mishnah Oral Teachings of Judaism--as well as contributions to a variety of publications. He died on Jan. 14, 1994)