Rabbi Gorin served Congregation Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, Missouri as assistant rabbi to Rabbi Julius Gordon for 5 years (1950-1954) and he is listed along with other rabbis who served St. Louis congregations. The full list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS.
__________________________
** EDUCATIONAL and RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY **
1935
University of Chicago
Undergraduate Degree
Phi Beta Kappa
Yeshiva, Chicago, IL
(Ordained as an Orthodox rabbi ????)
1939
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH
Ordained as a Reform rabbi
1943-1946
United States Army - Major
Recipient of the Bronze Star Medal
Chaplain - Camp Butler, NC
1936-1948
Temple Beth El, Northbrook, IL
Rabbi
1950-1954
Congregation Shaare Emeth, Creve Coeur, MO
Assistant Rabbi
1956
Earned his Doctor of Hebrew Letters
1954-1981
Temple Israel, Canton, OH
Rabbi
__________________________
"For over 12 years (1936-1948) Rabbi Gorin served as the primary rabbi at Temple Beth El in Chicago, IL. Temple Beth El was Rabbi Gorin's first rabbinic appointment and his years at the temple were extraordinarily productive for the almost 70 year-old congregation. Paul Gorin's rigorous education in both spiritual and secular matters provided him with a sensitivity and sharpness beyond his years that would serve him well at Temple Beth El. Rabbi Gorin was at ease at both end of the religious spectrum; he was sympathetic to the ever-increasing trends of Midwestern Judaism toward the Reform movement and a strong advocate for traditional ritual practice both in and out of the synagogue. Congregants admired Rabbi Gorin for his good judgment, his sensitivity and his sense of duty--to his synagogue, his faith, his community and his country."
Source:
THE BULLETIN
Page 16, June-July 2012
"Temple Beth El 140th Anniversary Flashback"
__________________________
Rabbi Gorin served in the Army as a Major and a chaplain from 1943-1946. He was stationed at the United Kingdom Base and was formerly connected to General Patton's 3rd Army before his discharge. He had been away from his Temple Beth El pulpit during his military service.
Following the Temple Beth El affiliation, Rabbi Gorin served as the assistant rabbi at Congregation Shaare Emeth for 6 years from 1948-1954. He served as a member of The Jewish Chautauqua Society. He traveled and spoke for the organization during his Congregation Shaare Emeth affiliation.
For over 27 years, Rabbi Gorin served his final rabbinic pulpit from 1954-1981 at Temple Israel, Canton, OH. According to Temple Israel congregants, Rabbi Gorin was a beloved rabbi during his tenure. He was adored. He was Rabbi Emeritus until his death in 1996. END
__________________________
TEMPLE BETH-EL 140th ANNIVERSARY FLASHBACK
** World War II Brings Many Challenges to Our Synagogue **
Author - Alan Blitz
July, 2012
(the following are excerpts about Rabbi Gorin from the 140th Anniversary story of Beth-El Synagogue to be published soon)
Northbrook, Illinois
"Duty to country was particularly important during Rabbi Paul Gorin's rabbinate. Just 23 years after the end of World War I, the nation was once again under siege with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Rabbi Gorin assumed a vital responsibility during World War II. As a member of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy Corps, he was called to serve as a spiritual leader to Jewish troops in the Allied Forces in Europe. Rabbi Gorin departed for Harvard—the site of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy School—in early 1943, leaving Beth-El in the hands of Rabbi Joseph Strauss.
Rabbi Gorin distinguished himself abroad as a warm, wise and judicious military officer. In 1944 and 1945, Gorin was stationed at an English base, and during his tour of duty there, he conducted regular Saturday-morning services at the West London Synagogue. On the High Holidays, Chaplain Gorin broadcast High Holiday services from the headquarters of his home base. Through Allied Forces Radio, Gorin's songs and prayers reached servicemen across Europe for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Gorin was also respected abroad for his eloquence. When the news of FDR's death was announced to allied troops, he was one of several chaplains asked to deliver official eulogies at the ceremony. Gorin's chaplaincy was also notable for his efforts to secure much-needed supplies and meals for Jewish servicemen stationed in areas where kosher food was not otherwise available. In collaboration with Chaplain Louis Milgrom of the Ninth Air Force, Gorin initiated a correspondence with Chief Rabbi Hertz of Great Britain. They established a supplies collection project and the undertaking proved so successful that Milgrom and Gorin were able to send surplus goods to Munich.
Through the rabbis' endeavors, Jewish servicemen across England and Germany received multiple shipments of canned goods, soap, winter clothing, used fur coats, condensed milk and kosher food (including matzoh for Passover). These efforts did not go unnoticed—Chaplain Gorin was awarded a Bronze Star in September 1945 for his service.
In 1946, Gorin returned to the pulpit of Temple Beth-El in Logan Square, where he found a prospering synagogue, bursting with life but outgrowing its home. In the latter years of wartime, Jewish families had continued their migration toward the city's periphery, saturating neighborhoods on the south and northwest sides. Logan Square received an influx of Jews, and many of these new families looked to Beth-El as their spiritual home." END
__________________________
Biographical Sketch of Rabbi Paul Gorin
Submitted to Congregation Shaare Emeth Library Archives
Written by Temple Israel, Canton, OH
August 12, 1977
Rabbi Paul Gorin has been the spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Canton for twenty-two years. He has been most active in Jewish, civic and ecumenical endeavors in our community. In 1969, he received the Annual Award of Appreciation from the Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce. In 1968, he received the Human Relations Award from the Human Relations Council of Canton.
He was Administrative Vice-President of the Interfaith Campus Ministry of the Stark County Campus, Kent State University; Chairman of the Public Welfare Committee of the Canton Chamber of Commerce; and Chairman of the Social Action Committee of the Stark County Ministerial Association. He was a resident lecturer at Walsh College under the auspices of the Jewish Chautauqua Society and lectures frequently at Malone College. He has served as Honorary Chaplain of the Canton Police Force; a member of Mayor's Advisory Boards on Fair Employment Practices and on Urban Renewal; Citizen's Steering Committee of the Canton Public Schools; Executive Board of Canton's American Red Cross; the Stark County Ecumenical Association; and Canton Rotary.
Rabbi Gorin is a graduate of the University of Chicago where he was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic society; and also in Alpha Kappa Delta, national honorary sociological society. He was ordained as Rabbi in 1939 at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, where he also earned a Doctorate of Hebrew Letters in 1956 and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1964.
During World War II, Rabbi Gorin served as Army Chaplain overseas, attaining the rank of Major. He was Senior Jewish Chaplain of the United Kingdom base and of General George Patton's 3rd Army. In this capacity he dealt extensively with the needs and problems of Jewish Displaced Persons, playing a significant role in an underground relief operation for D.P.'s He received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service.
In 1969, jointly with his local Rabbinical colleagues, Rabbi gorin received the "Tower of David" award from the State of Israel Bonds.
Rabbi Paul Gorin served as Rabbi at Shaare Emeth Congregation in St. Louis from 1950 to 1954. Before that he served as Rabbi at Temple Beth-El of Chicago. While in St. Louis, he married Dorothy Matyl Mathes, daughter of the late Melvin and Sophie Mathes. They have two children - David, who will soon receive his graduate degree of M.B.A. from the University of Indiana and Fern, who graduated from the University of Michigan.
Rabbi Gorin was Vice-President of the Zionist Organization of Chicago. He was President of the Great Lakes-Western Pennsylvania Region of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; a member of the national executive board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; and member of the National Rabbinic Advisory Council of the United Jewish Appeal. Among other posts he held in the Central Conference, he recently served as Chairman of its national nominating committee. END
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Rabbi Gorin was 85 at the time of his death.
__________________________
Top photo Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES.ORG
_________________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
__________________________
** EDUCATIONAL and RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY **
1935
University of Chicago
Undergraduate Degree
Phi Beta Kappa
Yeshiva, Chicago, IL
(Ordained as an Orthodox rabbi ????)
1939
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH
Ordained as a Reform rabbi
1943-1946
United States Army - Major
Recipient of the Bronze Star Medal
Chaplain - Camp Butler, NC
1936-1948
Temple Beth El, Northbrook, IL
Rabbi
1950-1954
Congregation Shaare Emeth, Creve Coeur, MO
Assistant Rabbi
1956
Earned his Doctor of Hebrew Letters
1954-1981
Temple Israel, Canton, OH
Rabbi
__________________________
"For over 12 years (1936-1948) Rabbi Gorin served as the primary rabbi at Temple Beth El in Chicago, IL. Temple Beth El was Rabbi Gorin's first rabbinic appointment and his years at the temple were extraordinarily productive for the almost 70 year-old congregation. Paul Gorin's rigorous education in both spiritual and secular matters provided him with a sensitivity and sharpness beyond his years that would serve him well at Temple Beth El. Rabbi Gorin was at ease at both end of the religious spectrum; he was sympathetic to the ever-increasing trends of Midwestern Judaism toward the Reform movement and a strong advocate for traditional ritual practice both in and out of the synagogue. Congregants admired Rabbi Gorin for his good judgment, his sensitivity and his sense of duty--to his synagogue, his faith, his community and his country."
Source:
THE BULLETIN
Page 16, June-July 2012
"Temple Beth El 140th Anniversary Flashback"
__________________________
Rabbi Gorin served in the Army as a Major and a chaplain from 1943-1946. He was stationed at the United Kingdom Base and was formerly connected to General Patton's 3rd Army before his discharge. He had been away from his Temple Beth El pulpit during his military service.
Following the Temple Beth El affiliation, Rabbi Gorin served as the assistant rabbi at Congregation Shaare Emeth for 6 years from 1948-1954. He served as a member of The Jewish Chautauqua Society. He traveled and spoke for the organization during his Congregation Shaare Emeth affiliation.
For over 27 years, Rabbi Gorin served his final rabbinic pulpit from 1954-1981 at Temple Israel, Canton, OH. According to Temple Israel congregants, Rabbi Gorin was a beloved rabbi during his tenure. He was adored. He was Rabbi Emeritus until his death in 1996. END
__________________________
TEMPLE BETH-EL 140th ANNIVERSARY FLASHBACK
** World War II Brings Many Challenges to Our Synagogue **
Author - Alan Blitz
July, 2012
(the following are excerpts about Rabbi Gorin from the 140th Anniversary story of Beth-El Synagogue to be published soon)
Northbrook, Illinois
"Duty to country was particularly important during Rabbi Paul Gorin's rabbinate. Just 23 years after the end of World War I, the nation was once again under siege with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Rabbi Gorin assumed a vital responsibility during World War II. As a member of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy Corps, he was called to serve as a spiritual leader to Jewish troops in the Allied Forces in Europe. Rabbi Gorin departed for Harvard—the site of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy School—in early 1943, leaving Beth-El in the hands of Rabbi Joseph Strauss.
Rabbi Gorin distinguished himself abroad as a warm, wise and judicious military officer. In 1944 and 1945, Gorin was stationed at an English base, and during his tour of duty there, he conducted regular Saturday-morning services at the West London Synagogue. On the High Holidays, Chaplain Gorin broadcast High Holiday services from the headquarters of his home base. Through Allied Forces Radio, Gorin's songs and prayers reached servicemen across Europe for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Gorin was also respected abroad for his eloquence. When the news of FDR's death was announced to allied troops, he was one of several chaplains asked to deliver official eulogies at the ceremony. Gorin's chaplaincy was also notable for his efforts to secure much-needed supplies and meals for Jewish servicemen stationed in areas where kosher food was not otherwise available. In collaboration with Chaplain Louis Milgrom of the Ninth Air Force, Gorin initiated a correspondence with Chief Rabbi Hertz of Great Britain. They established a supplies collection project and the undertaking proved so successful that Milgrom and Gorin were able to send surplus goods to Munich.
Through the rabbis' endeavors, Jewish servicemen across England and Germany received multiple shipments of canned goods, soap, winter clothing, used fur coats, condensed milk and kosher food (including matzoh for Passover). These efforts did not go unnoticed—Chaplain Gorin was awarded a Bronze Star in September 1945 for his service.
In 1946, Gorin returned to the pulpit of Temple Beth-El in Logan Square, where he found a prospering synagogue, bursting with life but outgrowing its home. In the latter years of wartime, Jewish families had continued their migration toward the city's periphery, saturating neighborhoods on the south and northwest sides. Logan Square received an influx of Jews, and many of these new families looked to Beth-El as their spiritual home." END
__________________________
Biographical Sketch of Rabbi Paul Gorin
Submitted to Congregation Shaare Emeth Library Archives
Written by Temple Israel, Canton, OH
August 12, 1977
Rabbi Paul Gorin has been the spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Canton for twenty-two years. He has been most active in Jewish, civic and ecumenical endeavors in our community. In 1969, he received the Annual Award of Appreciation from the Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce. In 1968, he received the Human Relations Award from the Human Relations Council of Canton.
He was Administrative Vice-President of the Interfaith Campus Ministry of the Stark County Campus, Kent State University; Chairman of the Public Welfare Committee of the Canton Chamber of Commerce; and Chairman of the Social Action Committee of the Stark County Ministerial Association. He was a resident lecturer at Walsh College under the auspices of the Jewish Chautauqua Society and lectures frequently at Malone College. He has served as Honorary Chaplain of the Canton Police Force; a member of Mayor's Advisory Boards on Fair Employment Practices and on Urban Renewal; Citizen's Steering Committee of the Canton Public Schools; Executive Board of Canton's American Red Cross; the Stark County Ecumenical Association; and Canton Rotary.
Rabbi Gorin is a graduate of the University of Chicago where he was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic society; and also in Alpha Kappa Delta, national honorary sociological society. He was ordained as Rabbi in 1939 at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, where he also earned a Doctorate of Hebrew Letters in 1956 and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1964.
During World War II, Rabbi Gorin served as Army Chaplain overseas, attaining the rank of Major. He was Senior Jewish Chaplain of the United Kingdom base and of General George Patton's 3rd Army. In this capacity he dealt extensively with the needs and problems of Jewish Displaced Persons, playing a significant role in an underground relief operation for D.P.'s He received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service.
In 1969, jointly with his local Rabbinical colleagues, Rabbi gorin received the "Tower of David" award from the State of Israel Bonds.
Rabbi Paul Gorin served as Rabbi at Shaare Emeth Congregation in St. Louis from 1950 to 1954. Before that he served as Rabbi at Temple Beth-El of Chicago. While in St. Louis, he married Dorothy Matyl Mathes, daughter of the late Melvin and Sophie Mathes. They have two children - David, who will soon receive his graduate degree of M.B.A. from the University of Indiana and Fern, who graduated from the University of Michigan.
Rabbi Gorin was Vice-President of the Zionist Organization of Chicago. He was President of the Great Lakes-Western Pennsylvania Region of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; a member of the national executive board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; and member of the National Rabbinic Advisory Council of the United Jewish Appeal. Among other posts he held in the Central Conference, he recently served as Chairman of its national nominating committee. END
__________________________
Rabbi Gorin was 85 at the time of his death.
__________________________
Top photo Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES.ORG
_________________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
Rabbi Gorin served Congregation Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, Missouri as assistant rabbi to Rabbi Julius Gordon for 5 years (1950-1954) and he is listed along with other rabbis who served St. Louis congregations. The full list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS.
__________________________
** EDUCATIONAL and RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY **
1935
University of Chicago
Undergraduate Degree
Phi Beta Kappa
Yeshiva, Chicago, IL
(Ordained as an Orthodox rabbi ????)
1939
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH
Ordained as a Reform rabbi
1943-1946
United States Army - Major
Recipient of the Bronze Star Medal
Chaplain - Camp Butler, NC
1936-1948
Temple Beth El, Northbrook, IL
Rabbi
1950-1954
Congregation Shaare Emeth, Creve Coeur, MO
Assistant Rabbi
1956
Earned his Doctor of Hebrew Letters
1954-1981
Temple Israel, Canton, OH
Rabbi
__________________________
"For over 12 years (1936-1948) Rabbi Gorin served as the primary rabbi at Temple Beth El in Chicago, IL. Temple Beth El was Rabbi Gorin's first rabbinic appointment and his years at the temple were extraordinarily productive for the almost 70 year-old congregation. Paul Gorin's rigorous education in both spiritual and secular matters provided him with a sensitivity and sharpness beyond his years that would serve him well at Temple Beth El. Rabbi Gorin was at ease at both end of the religious spectrum; he was sympathetic to the ever-increasing trends of Midwestern Judaism toward the Reform movement and a strong advocate for traditional ritual practice both in and out of the synagogue. Congregants admired Rabbi Gorin for his good judgment, his sensitivity and his sense of duty--to his synagogue, his faith, his community and his country."
Source:
THE BULLETIN
Page 16, June-July 2012
"Temple Beth El 140th Anniversary Flashback"
__________________________
Rabbi Gorin served in the Army as a Major and a chaplain from 1943-1946. He was stationed at the United Kingdom Base and was formerly connected to General Patton's 3rd Army before his discharge. He had been away from his Temple Beth El pulpit during his military service.
Following the Temple Beth El affiliation, Rabbi Gorin served as the assistant rabbi at Congregation Shaare Emeth for 6 years from 1948-1954. He served as a member of The Jewish Chautauqua Society. He traveled and spoke for the organization during his Congregation Shaare Emeth affiliation.
For over 27 years, Rabbi Gorin served his final rabbinic pulpit from 1954-1981 at Temple Israel, Canton, OH. According to Temple Israel congregants, Rabbi Gorin was a beloved rabbi during his tenure. He was adored. He was Rabbi Emeritus until his death in 1996. END
__________________________
TEMPLE BETH-EL 140th ANNIVERSARY FLASHBACK
** World War II Brings Many Challenges to Our Synagogue **
Author - Alan Blitz
July, 2012
(the following are excerpts about Rabbi Gorin from the 140th Anniversary story of Beth-El Synagogue to be published soon)
Northbrook, Illinois
"Duty to country was particularly important during Rabbi Paul Gorin's rabbinate. Just 23 years after the end of World War I, the nation was once again under siege with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Rabbi Gorin assumed a vital responsibility during World War II. As a member of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy Corps, he was called to serve as a spiritual leader to Jewish troops in the Allied Forces in Europe. Rabbi Gorin departed for Harvard—the site of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy School—in early 1943, leaving Beth-El in the hands of Rabbi Joseph Strauss.
Rabbi Gorin distinguished himself abroad as a warm, wise and judicious military officer. In 1944 and 1945, Gorin was stationed at an English base, and during his tour of duty there, he conducted regular Saturday-morning services at the West London Synagogue. On the High Holidays, Chaplain Gorin broadcast High Holiday services from the headquarters of his home base. Through Allied Forces Radio, Gorin's songs and prayers reached servicemen across Europe for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Gorin was also respected abroad for his eloquence. When the news of FDR's death was announced to allied troops, he was one of several chaplains asked to deliver official eulogies at the ceremony. Gorin's chaplaincy was also notable for his efforts to secure much-needed supplies and meals for Jewish servicemen stationed in areas where kosher food was not otherwise available. In collaboration with Chaplain Louis Milgrom of the Ninth Air Force, Gorin initiated a correspondence with Chief Rabbi Hertz of Great Britain. They established a supplies collection project and the undertaking proved so successful that Milgrom and Gorin were able to send surplus goods to Munich.
Through the rabbis' endeavors, Jewish servicemen across England and Germany received multiple shipments of canned goods, soap, winter clothing, used fur coats, condensed milk and kosher food (including matzoh for Passover). These efforts did not go unnoticed—Chaplain Gorin was awarded a Bronze Star in September 1945 for his service.
In 1946, Gorin returned to the pulpit of Temple Beth-El in Logan Square, where he found a prospering synagogue, bursting with life but outgrowing its home. In the latter years of wartime, Jewish families had continued their migration toward the city's periphery, saturating neighborhoods on the south and northwest sides. Logan Square received an influx of Jews, and many of these new families looked to Beth-El as their spiritual home." END
__________________________
Biographical Sketch of Rabbi Paul Gorin
Submitted to Congregation Shaare Emeth Library Archives
Written by Temple Israel, Canton, OH
August 12, 1977
Rabbi Paul Gorin has been the spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Canton for twenty-two years. He has been most active in Jewish, civic and ecumenical endeavors in our community. In 1969, he received the Annual Award of Appreciation from the Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce. In 1968, he received the Human Relations Award from the Human Relations Council of Canton.
He was Administrative Vice-President of the Interfaith Campus Ministry of the Stark County Campus, Kent State University; Chairman of the Public Welfare Committee of the Canton Chamber of Commerce; and Chairman of the Social Action Committee of the Stark County Ministerial Association. He was a resident lecturer at Walsh College under the auspices of the Jewish Chautauqua Society and lectures frequently at Malone College. He has served as Honorary Chaplain of the Canton Police Force; a member of Mayor's Advisory Boards on Fair Employment Practices and on Urban Renewal; Citizen's Steering Committee of the Canton Public Schools; Executive Board of Canton's American Red Cross; the Stark County Ecumenical Association; and Canton Rotary.
Rabbi Gorin is a graduate of the University of Chicago where he was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic society; and also in Alpha Kappa Delta, national honorary sociological society. He was ordained as Rabbi in 1939 at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, where he also earned a Doctorate of Hebrew Letters in 1956 and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1964.
During World War II, Rabbi Gorin served as Army Chaplain overseas, attaining the rank of Major. He was Senior Jewish Chaplain of the United Kingdom base and of General George Patton's 3rd Army. In this capacity he dealt extensively with the needs and problems of Jewish Displaced Persons, playing a significant role in an underground relief operation for D.P.'s He received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service.
In 1969, jointly with his local Rabbinical colleagues, Rabbi gorin received the "Tower of David" award from the State of Israel Bonds.
Rabbi Paul Gorin served as Rabbi at Shaare Emeth Congregation in St. Louis from 1950 to 1954. Before that he served as Rabbi at Temple Beth-El of Chicago. While in St. Louis, he married Dorothy Matyl Mathes, daughter of the late Melvin and Sophie Mathes. They have two children - David, who will soon receive his graduate degree of M.B.A. from the University of Indiana and Fern, who graduated from the University of Michigan.
Rabbi Gorin was Vice-President of the Zionist Organization of Chicago. He was President of the Great Lakes-Western Pennsylvania Region of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; a member of the national executive board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; and member of the National Rabbinic Advisory Council of the United Jewish Appeal. Among other posts he held in the Central Conference, he recently served as Chairman of its national nominating committee. END
__________________________
Rabbi Gorin was 85 at the time of his death.
__________________________
Top photo Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES.ORG
_________________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
__________________________
** EDUCATIONAL and RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY **
1935
University of Chicago
Undergraduate Degree
Phi Beta Kappa
Yeshiva, Chicago, IL
(Ordained as an Orthodox rabbi ????)
1939
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, OH
Ordained as a Reform rabbi
1943-1946
United States Army - Major
Recipient of the Bronze Star Medal
Chaplain - Camp Butler, NC
1936-1948
Temple Beth El, Northbrook, IL
Rabbi
1950-1954
Congregation Shaare Emeth, Creve Coeur, MO
Assistant Rabbi
1956
Earned his Doctor of Hebrew Letters
1954-1981
Temple Israel, Canton, OH
Rabbi
__________________________
"For over 12 years (1936-1948) Rabbi Gorin served as the primary rabbi at Temple Beth El in Chicago, IL. Temple Beth El was Rabbi Gorin's first rabbinic appointment and his years at the temple were extraordinarily productive for the almost 70 year-old congregation. Paul Gorin's rigorous education in both spiritual and secular matters provided him with a sensitivity and sharpness beyond his years that would serve him well at Temple Beth El. Rabbi Gorin was at ease at both end of the religious spectrum; he was sympathetic to the ever-increasing trends of Midwestern Judaism toward the Reform movement and a strong advocate for traditional ritual practice both in and out of the synagogue. Congregants admired Rabbi Gorin for his good judgment, his sensitivity and his sense of duty--to his synagogue, his faith, his community and his country."
Source:
THE BULLETIN
Page 16, June-July 2012
"Temple Beth El 140th Anniversary Flashback"
__________________________
Rabbi Gorin served in the Army as a Major and a chaplain from 1943-1946. He was stationed at the United Kingdom Base and was formerly connected to General Patton's 3rd Army before his discharge. He had been away from his Temple Beth El pulpit during his military service.
Following the Temple Beth El affiliation, Rabbi Gorin served as the assistant rabbi at Congregation Shaare Emeth for 6 years from 1948-1954. He served as a member of The Jewish Chautauqua Society. He traveled and spoke for the organization during his Congregation Shaare Emeth affiliation.
For over 27 years, Rabbi Gorin served his final rabbinic pulpit from 1954-1981 at Temple Israel, Canton, OH. According to Temple Israel congregants, Rabbi Gorin was a beloved rabbi during his tenure. He was adored. He was Rabbi Emeritus until his death in 1996. END
__________________________
TEMPLE BETH-EL 140th ANNIVERSARY FLASHBACK
** World War II Brings Many Challenges to Our Synagogue **
Author - Alan Blitz
July, 2012
(the following are excerpts about Rabbi Gorin from the 140th Anniversary story of Beth-El Synagogue to be published soon)
Northbrook, Illinois
"Duty to country was particularly important during Rabbi Paul Gorin's rabbinate. Just 23 years after the end of World War I, the nation was once again under siege with the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Rabbi Gorin assumed a vital responsibility during World War II. As a member of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy Corps, he was called to serve as a spiritual leader to Jewish troops in the Allied Forces in Europe. Rabbi Gorin departed for Harvard—the site of the U.S. Army Chaplaincy School—in early 1943, leaving Beth-El in the hands of Rabbi Joseph Strauss.
Rabbi Gorin distinguished himself abroad as a warm, wise and judicious military officer. In 1944 and 1945, Gorin was stationed at an English base, and during his tour of duty there, he conducted regular Saturday-morning services at the West London Synagogue. On the High Holidays, Chaplain Gorin broadcast High Holiday services from the headquarters of his home base. Through Allied Forces Radio, Gorin's songs and prayers reached servicemen across Europe for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Gorin was also respected abroad for his eloquence. When the news of FDR's death was announced to allied troops, he was one of several chaplains asked to deliver official eulogies at the ceremony. Gorin's chaplaincy was also notable for his efforts to secure much-needed supplies and meals for Jewish servicemen stationed in areas where kosher food was not otherwise available. In collaboration with Chaplain Louis Milgrom of the Ninth Air Force, Gorin initiated a correspondence with Chief Rabbi Hertz of Great Britain. They established a supplies collection project and the undertaking proved so successful that Milgrom and Gorin were able to send surplus goods to Munich.
Through the rabbis' endeavors, Jewish servicemen across England and Germany received multiple shipments of canned goods, soap, winter clothing, used fur coats, condensed milk and kosher food (including matzoh for Passover). These efforts did not go unnoticed—Chaplain Gorin was awarded a Bronze Star in September 1945 for his service.
In 1946, Gorin returned to the pulpit of Temple Beth-El in Logan Square, where he found a prospering synagogue, bursting with life but outgrowing its home. In the latter years of wartime, Jewish families had continued their migration toward the city's periphery, saturating neighborhoods on the south and northwest sides. Logan Square received an influx of Jews, and many of these new families looked to Beth-El as their spiritual home." END
__________________________
Biographical Sketch of Rabbi Paul Gorin
Submitted to Congregation Shaare Emeth Library Archives
Written by Temple Israel, Canton, OH
August 12, 1977
Rabbi Paul Gorin has been the spiritual leader of Temple Israel of Canton for twenty-two years. He has been most active in Jewish, civic and ecumenical endeavors in our community. In 1969, he received the Annual Award of Appreciation from the Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce. In 1968, he received the Human Relations Award from the Human Relations Council of Canton.
He was Administrative Vice-President of the Interfaith Campus Ministry of the Stark County Campus, Kent State University; Chairman of the Public Welfare Committee of the Canton Chamber of Commerce; and Chairman of the Social Action Committee of the Stark County Ministerial Association. He was a resident lecturer at Walsh College under the auspices of the Jewish Chautauqua Society and lectures frequently at Malone College. He has served as Honorary Chaplain of the Canton Police Force; a member of Mayor's Advisory Boards on Fair Employment Practices and on Urban Renewal; Citizen's Steering Committee of the Canton Public Schools; Executive Board of Canton's American Red Cross; the Stark County Ecumenical Association; and Canton Rotary.
Rabbi Gorin is a graduate of the University of Chicago where he was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic society; and also in Alpha Kappa Delta, national honorary sociological society. He was ordained as Rabbi in 1939 at Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, where he also earned a Doctorate of Hebrew Letters in 1956 and was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1964.
During World War II, Rabbi Gorin served as Army Chaplain overseas, attaining the rank of Major. He was Senior Jewish Chaplain of the United Kingdom base and of General George Patton's 3rd Army. In this capacity he dealt extensively with the needs and problems of Jewish Displaced Persons, playing a significant role in an underground relief operation for D.P.'s He received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service.
In 1969, jointly with his local Rabbinical colleagues, Rabbi gorin received the "Tower of David" award from the State of Israel Bonds.
Rabbi Paul Gorin served as Rabbi at Shaare Emeth Congregation in St. Louis from 1950 to 1954. Before that he served as Rabbi at Temple Beth-El of Chicago. While in St. Louis, he married Dorothy Matyl Mathes, daughter of the late Melvin and Sophie Mathes. They have two children - David, who will soon receive his graduate degree of M.B.A. from the University of Indiana and Fern, who graduated from the University of Michigan.
Rabbi Gorin was Vice-President of the Zionist Organization of Chicago. He was President of the Great Lakes-Western Pennsylvania Region of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; a member of the national executive board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; and member of the National Rabbinic Advisory Council of the United Jewish Appeal. Among other posts he held in the Central Conference, he recently served as Chairman of its national nominating committee. END
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Rabbi Gorin was 85 at the time of his death.
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