He was born in Poland in 1895. His father was a cantor, and his family emigrated to London, United Kingdom, during his youth. He was active in student organizations such as the University Labor Federation of Great Britain. In 1933 he became the World Union of Jewish Students and deputy member of the Executive of the Jewish Agency. He was a founding member of the World Jewish Congress where he also became the first chairman of its British section. From 1942 he was the WJC representative at the United Nations.[1] He has been active at WJC for decades after the war.[2]
maurice, perlzweig, 1895, 1985, official, world, jewish, congress, reform, rabbi, biography, edithe, born, poland, 1895, father, cantor, family, emigrated, london, united, kingdom, during, youth, active, student, organizations, such, university, labor, federat. Maurice L Perlzweig 1895 1985 was an official of the World Jewish Congress and a reform rabbi Biography editHe was born in Poland in 1895 His father was a cantor and his family emigrated to London United Kingdom during his youth He was active in student organizations such as the University Labor Federation of Great Britain In 1933 he became the World Union of Jewish Students and deputy member of the Executive of the Jewish Agency He was a founding member of the World Jewish Congress where he also became the first chairman of its British section From 1942 he was the WJC representative at the United Nations 1 He has been active at WJC for decades after the war 2 He died in January 1985 3 References edit Perlzweig Maurice L Encyclopaedia Judaica Retrieved 2020 04 05 Susanne Heim Caroline Pearce 4 June 2019 German Reich 1938 August 1939 De Gruyter pp 305 ISBN 978 3 11 052638 7 Maurice Perlzweig Dead at 89 Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1985 01 17 Retrieved 2020 04 05 nbsp This biographical article about a Polish rabbi is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maurice L Perlzweig amp oldid 1177260083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
