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in Newark, NJ (now in South Orange, NJ) as its Assistant Rabbi in 1927 (serving alongside the Senior Rabbi, Charles I. Hoffman) and continued in his position for 12 years. During this tenure, Lang is credited with founding Kadimah (perhaps the very same organization now known today as
48:. He was "internationally known as chairman of the Chaplaincy Availability board of the Rabbinical Assembly of America" as he collaborated with the U.S. Defense department in recruiting military chaplains and also represented the Jewish Welfare Board to the American armed forces. 279: 55:) in 1925, two years prior to the recorded date of his ordination. He declared the congregation as committed to "Traditional Judaism", somewhere between 124: 250:
Proceedings of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Conservative Movement 1927-1970, Volume One: Reports of the Committee
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in 1927, Lang served as the inaugural editor of the quarterly journal of the Rabbinical Assembly,
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and, in 1950, as the Chairman of the Rabbinical Assembly Fund for the Seminary.
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Lang began serving as the full-time rabbi of Congregation Sons of Israel in (
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Schechner, David; Gordon, Mark; Sender, Barabara; Willner, Linda.
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American rabbi and president of the Rabbinical Assembly
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"Rabbi Leon S. Lang, 57, Former Head of Rabbis"
"Rabbinical Assembly Hears Call For Dynamic Judaism"
"JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA New York -- Faculty and Alumni List 1894-1933"
"Deep Roots in Nyack: A Brief History of CSI "Generation to Generation""
"History | Oheb Shalom Congregation"
"Rabbi Leon Lang to Be Honored Tonight"
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1899 births
1956 deaths
Jewish Theological Seminary of America alumni
20th-century American rabbis

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