Marcus, Jacob Rader

Marcus, Jacob Rader
▪ 1996

      U.S. Jewish historian who published his findings in hundreds of books and articles and was both a teacher and a father figure to some 2,000 rabbinical students (b. March 5, 1896—d. Nov. 14, 1995).

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