The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ...: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times, Volume 7Isaac Landman, Simon Cohen Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated, 1942 - Jews |
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... elected municipal judge of the Second Judicial District . In 1923 he was elected jus- tice of the First Judicial District of the New York State Supreme Court for a fourteen - year term , and was reelected in 1937. He presided over the ...
... elected municipal judge of the Second Judicial District . In 1923 he was elected jus- tice of the First Judicial District of the New York State Supreme Court for a fourteen - year term , and was reelected in 1937. He presided over the ...
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... elected a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1896 , and honorary member of the London Mineralogical Society in 1898. He became Inspector General of Mines in 1907 , and was made an officer of the Legion of Honor . He took an active ...
... elected a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1896 , and honorary member of the London Mineralogical Society in 1898. He became Inspector General of Mines in 1907 , and was made an officer of the Legion of Honor . He took an active ...
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... elected alderman - at - large in 1872 and coroner in 1882 and 1885. Levy later served as register and commissioner of taxes and assessments of the city and county of New York . He was active in a number of Jewish organizations , and in ...
... elected alderman - at - large in 1872 and coroner in 1882 and 1885. Levy later served as register and commissioner of taxes and assessments of the city and county of New York . He was active in a number of Jewish organizations , and in ...
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... elected president of the German cantors ' associa- tion . In 1939 he emigrated to the United States , set- tling in New York city . Levy's writings include : Shaare Tefillah ( 1906 ) , a prayer - book which went through sixteen editions ...
... elected president of the German cantors ' associa- tion . In 1939 he emigrated to the United States , set- tling in New York city . Levy's writings include : Shaare Tefillah ( 1906 ) , a prayer - book which went through sixteen editions ...
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... elected a member of the French Senate . He retired from this post in 1927 for reasons of health . Lévy was a highly esteemed public speaker who represented the French Academy as well as the French Senate on several important occasions ...
... elected a member of the French Senate . He retired from this post in 1927 for reasons of health . Lévy was a highly esteemed public speaker who represented the French Academy as well as the French Senate on several important occasions ...
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Page 63 - Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage ; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 298 - Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Page 430 - Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Page 264 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 298 - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Page 325 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 230 - And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
Page 265 - The kindness of our little friend in Front street, near the coffee-house, is a fund which will preserve me from extremities, but I never resort to it without great mortification, as he obstinately rejects all recompense.
Page 22 - Constitution somewhat concisely provides, in relevant part, that a state may not "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Hawaii's counterpart is more elaborate. Article I, section 5 of the Hawaii Constitution provides in relevant part that "[n]o person shall ... be denied the equal protection of the laws...
Page 33 - Then he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, 'All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.