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Vorspan, Max; Lloyd P. Gartner : HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LOS ANGELES

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society Of America., 1970.

8vo. Xii, 362 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – California – Los Angeles – history; Los Angeles (Calif. ) -- ethnic relations. SERIES: Regional history series of the American Jewish History Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. “Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Vorspan [1916-2002] was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1943. During his senior year, he served first as assistant director of the Seminary School of Jewish Studies and then as the program director of the 92nd Street Young Men's Hebrew Association. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the army as a chaplain, serving in Saipan until the end of World War II. Discharged when the war was over, he accepted a pulpit in Pasadena, California, where he established the first Reconstructionist Congregation in the West. He then joined the Brandeis Camp Institute as an associate director, where he established a reputation as a creative administrator and popular lecturer. In 1954, Vorspan was invited to become the first full-time registrar and instructor at the University of Judaism, which was then the West Coast branch of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He remained there for some 40 years, retiring in the early 1990s as associate professor of American Jewish history and senior vice president. Universally liked, he was instrumental in establishing the Pacific Southwest Coast Region of the United Synagogue, Camp Ramah in California, and the University's School of Fine Arts. ” (EJ, 2007) Has dust jacket with sunned spine and tear on back. Very good condition. (MX-23-17)

Vorspan, Max; Lloyd P. Gartner : HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LOS ANGELES

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1970.

8vo. Xii, 362 pages. Illustrated. First edition. SUBJECT (S) : Jews – California – Los Angeles – history; Los Angeles (Calif. ) -- ethnic relations. SERIES: Regional history series of the American Jewish History Center of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. “Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Vorspan [1916-2002] was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1943. During his senior year, he served first as assistant director of the Seminary School of Jewish Studies and then as the program director of the 92nd Street Young Men's Hebrew Association. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the army as a chaplain, serving in Saipan until the end of World War II. Discharged when the war was over, he accepted a pulpit in Pasadena, California, where he established the first Reconstructionist Congregation in the West. He then joined the Brandeis Camp Institute as an associate director, where he established a reputation as a creative administrator and popular lecturer. In 1954, Vorspan was invited to become the first full-time registrar and instructor at the University of Judaism, which was then the West Coast branch of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He remained there for some 40 years, retiring in the early 1990s as associate professor of American Jewish history and senior vice president. Universally liked, he was instrumental in establishing the Pacific Southwest Coast Region of the United Synagogue, Camp Ramah in California, and the University's School of Fine Arts. ” (EJ, 2007) Has dust jacket small tear on front, light edge wear. News paper article on Jews of Charleston laid in. Small marginalia on a couple pages, good+ condition. (AMR-35-9)

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