Ben-Zion Gold
Encyclopedia
Ben-Zion Gold is an American
rabbi
who was the Rabbi of the Hillel
at Harvard University
from 1958 until he became Rabbi Emeritus in 1990. Gold was born in 1923 in Radom, Poland
, and is the only member of his family to have survived The Holocaust
. Immigrated to United States, 1947.
He is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary
.
Rabbi Gold’s memoir of his childhood in pre-war Poland was widely admired.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
who was the Rabbi of the Hillel
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life is the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, working with thousands of college students globally...
at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
from 1958 until he became Rabbi Emeritus in 1990. Gold was born in 1923 in Radom, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, and is the only member of his family to have survived The Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
. Immigrated to United States, 1947.
He is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism, and a major center for academic scholarship in Jewish studies.JTS operates five schools: Albert A...
.
Rabbi Gold’s memoir of his childhood in pre-war Poland was widely admired.
Books
- Tradition and Contemporary Reality (sermons and speeches), Puritan Press (Cambridge, MA), 1990
- The Life of Jews in Poland before the Holocaust: A Memoir by Ben-Zion Gold, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2007
- Cisza przed burzą. Życie polskich Żydów przed Holokaustem (polish edition), wyd. Austeria, Kraków - Budapeszt, 2011