Gruenewald, Max, 1899-1992

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Personal name heading	Gruenewald, Max, 1899-1992 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Gruenwald, Max, 1899-1992 Grünewald, Max, 1899-1992
Found in	Leo Baeck Institute of Jews from Germany. Breslau and Mannheim, 1975. NUCMC data from Jewish Hist. Soc. of MetroWest for Congregation B'nai Israel of Millburn records, 1931-2005 (Dr. Max Gruenwald; became weekend rabbi of Cong. B'nai Israel of Millburn in 1944; full-time rabbi in 1946) Center for Jewish Hist. WWW, Dec. 16, 2009 (Max Israel Grünewald was born on Dec. 4, 1899, in Upper Silesia, Germany; m. Hedwig Horovitz; held the post of Chief-Rabbi of the Mannheim Synagogue from April 1925 to March 1938; after the Mannheim Synagogue was destroyed during the 1938 Kristallnacht, the Grünewalds fled to Palestine; Grünewald traveled back and forth between Palestine and the U.S. where he conducted research at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (in New York City); he lived in Palestine until 1944, when he immigrated permanently to the U.S. and began working as an interim Rabbi for Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, New Jersey; Grünewald's professional life revolved around Congregation B'nai Israel, an egalitarian synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism; he was rabbi and spiritual leader from May 15, 1944 to Mar. 25, 1970; besides running the services, he offered adult education classes and a lecture series entitled, "Evening with the Rabbi;" on May 2, 1958, Grünewald was named Rabbi Emeritus of B'nai Israel; he was also a member of the executive committee of the New York Board of Rabbis) SSDI, Dec. 16, 2009 (Max Gruenewald, b. 4 Dec. 1899; d. 28 Dec. 1992; last residence: Millburn, Essex, New Jersey)