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1916 age 23	1926 age 33	1945 age 52	1962 age 69

ABBA HILLEL SILVER

About this Site	Introduction — how this site started and how it is growing Site Guide — how we present information Permissions - Privacy statement Recollections — personal recollections of Abba Hillel Silver
Youth	The family's arrival, photos, maps and 1910 census record
Wheeling	June 1915 - June 1917 in Wheeling, coming to Cleveland
The Temple	The Temple - Tifereth Israel in Cleveland, Ohio
Zionism	Ascent to leadership, success and later. Photos.
Publications	Books and poetry by AHS (in progress)
Biography	Biographies of Abba Hillel Silver, on the internet and in-print
Recognition	Welcome, stamp, streets, inauguration, Kfar Silver, Silver chair
Endnotes	Webkeepers notes and supplementary information. Masliansky.
Resources	Recommended sites on Cleveland and American Jewish history.

FROM THE WEBKEEPER

This is the only website whose focus is the life of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver.
He is gone more than 40 years, yet somehow he is still my rabbi.

Please contact me with your comments, recollections, suggestions and reports of any broken links. I will do my best to reply by email personally and promptly. Send your email to

For some information about me, click here.

I also invite you to see the main Cleveland Jewish History website. Click here.

Arnold Berger

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