Edward T. Sandrow

Rabbi Edward T. Sandrow (1906–1975), born in Philadelphia, was a Conservative movement rabbi and communal leader in the United States. He was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1933. He served pulpits in Portland, Oregon and Cedarhurst, Long Island before becoming entering Academia. He was a teaching fellow at New York University a visiting professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, first of homiletics (1954–56, 1962–63) and later of pastoral psychiatry (1963 onwards). He became president of the Rabbinical Assembly of America (1960–62) and of the New York Board of Rabbis (1966–67) where he served as chairman of the board of governors (1968–70). He was a member of the board of directors of the American Friends of the Hebrew University (1968–1975), an alternate member of the board of governors of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a member of the boards of directors of the Joint Distribution Committee, the Zionist Organization of America, and the National Jewish Welfare Board. He was also chairman of the commission on Jewish chaplaincy of the latter organization. From 1960 he served as chairman of the board of Hadoar. He was co-author of Young Faith, a prayer book with music for children.