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    Title

  • Paperweight with profile of Albert H. Friedlander

  • Physical Description

    1 paperweight : glass, paper ; 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" x 1", 9 cm x 9 cm x 2 1/2 cm

  • Date

    ca. 1965-70

  • Summary

    Square glass paperweight shows a black and white cut-paper style silhouette profile of Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander, who wears glasses and is clean shaven.

  • Depicted

    Friedlander, Albert H., 1927-2004

  • Subject

    Rabbis

  • Medium

    Objects; Portraits; Silhouettes

  • Part Of

    Albert H. Friedlander Collection, AR 25919

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Rabbi Albert H. Friedlander was born in Berlin in 1927. After Kristallnacht, the family escaped to Cuba; Albert, his twin brother and their sister were sent to separate foster homes in Mississippi, and the parents followed later. Albert graduated from college at age 18 and went on to Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He also was a highly regarded long-distance runner. Friedlander studied at Columbia University in New York City and gained his Ph.D. in theology with a thesis about the work of Rabbi Leo Baeck. From 1966 on, Rabbi Friedlander served in congregations in England, culminating at the Westminster Synagogue in Knightsbridge, London, where he stayed until his retirement. Rabbi Dr. Albert Friedlander served as president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism in London and sat on the board of the Leo Baeck Institute. Rabbi Albert Friedlander died in London in 2004.

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Citation

Paperweight with profile of Albert H. Friedlander, Leo Baeck Institute, 2023.75.