Rabbi Sidney S, Guthman (1911-2009) from Chicago, was a Conservative movement rabbi in the United States. He was a graduate of Lewis Institute of Technology and was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1938. Rabbi Guthman walked in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s march on Washington, D.C., in 1963, and accompanied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. In 1971, JTS awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree. As a rabbi he held pulpits in New England and San Antonio, Texas (Agudas Achim), Lakewood, California (Shir Chadash), Seal Beach (Temple Shalom), and as Chaplain of the VA Medical Center in Long Beach, California. Rabbi Guthman was the past President of the Western States Region of the Rabbinical Assembly and a former Grand Chaplain of the Masonic Grand Lodge. He was chairman of the Community Advisory Commission in Long Beach and past president of the Western States Region of the Rabbinical Assembly. With Robert Segal, he co-edited the prayerbook, Sabbath Eve Services and Hymns (1944).
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(clear filter)Contributed on: 20 Mar 2024 by Sidney S. Guthman | Robert H. Segal | Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) | ❧
A Friday night siddur compiled by two Conservative movement rabbis for use in traditional leaning congregations familiar with Reform movement arrangements. Besides containing four alternative services for Friday nights, the prayerbook also contains extensive musical notation for congregational participation in singing liturgical melodies and hymns. . . .
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