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Medal by Victor Ries (1969), Judah Magnes, Religious leader &
educator.
Judah L. Magnes (1877-1948)
Judah Leon Magnes was born in San Francisco, and grew up in Oakland,
California. He later became the first native Californian to receive
a rabbinical degree from the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
Magnes went on to serve at Temple Israel in Brooklyn (1904) and at
Temple Emanu-El in New York City (1908), one of the most influential
positions in American Reform Jewry. A few years later, Magnes headed
the conservative Congregation B'nai Jeshurun.
In 1909, Magnes founded the Kehillah, a union of diverse Jewish
communal organizations in New York City. He remained its president
during the entire time of its existence, through 1922, and is
credited with changing the emphasis from charities to social work.
With seemingly boundless energy, Magnes also helped to found the
Yiddish daily "Der Tag," the Society for the Advancement of Judaism,
the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Join Distribution
Committee. He was Secretary of the Federation of American Zionists
and a lifelong friend of Henrietta Szold, with whom he helped turn a
small women's social group into the world's largest Zionist
organization - Hadassah.
Probably Judah L. Magnes' greatest work was done on behalf of the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem, of which he was a founder and the
first president. Dr. Magnes is given much of the credit for making
the University the world-renowned institution that it is today.
Magnes was an outspoken leader in the campaign for the establishment
of a Jewish homeland. His compassion for people - all people - led
him to appeal for a bi-national state of Jews and Arabs. He has been
called the "Jewish Gandhi" because of his constant work on behalf of
both independence and harmony in the Holy Land. Just before the
United Nations made its momentous decision establishing the State of
Israel, Magnes spoke before the world body. Unfortunately he became
ill shortly after, and was buried in his beloved Jerusalem.
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