Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechterwas a Moldavian-born American kohen, rabbi, academic scholar, and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement...
NationalityRomanian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth7 December 1847
CountryRomania
Solomon Schechter quotes about
ignorance self complacency
Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.
age study making-history
Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it.
abandonment torah judaism
Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah.
mean men vulgarity-is
By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.
husband father sacrifice
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man ... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon. ... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers.
consistency faults rabbi
Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.
funny want ifs
You cannot be anything if you want to be everything.