R' Dr. Moses Avigdor Shulvass

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Moses Avigdor Shulvass, Ph.D.

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Birthplace: Plonsk, Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Death: April 21, 1988 (78-79)
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of R' Meir Shulvass and Rebecca Rivka Shulvass
Husband of Celia Anna Shulvass
Father of Private and Phyllis Gelman
Brother of David Tebel Shulvass and Judith Posek

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About R' Dr. Moses Avigdor Shulvass

Rabbi Moses A. Shulvass

April 23, 1988

Services for Rabbi Moses A. Shulvass, 78, a professor for 37 years at Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago, will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday in the chapel at 1300 W. Devon Ave. Rabbi Shulvass, of the North Side, died Thursday in St. Francis Hospital, Evanston. He had taught at Spertus College since 1951 and from 1952 to 1971 was chairman of the department of graduate studies. A native of Poland, he was ordained a rabbi in 1930 in Warsaw and received his doctorate from the University of Berlin in 1934. From 1935 to 1947 he lived in the area that became Israel. He had been a fellow of the American Academy of Jewish Research, member of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and the author of 12 books on Jewish history. He had published three volumes on the history of the Jewish people; the fourth volume is to be published in 1989. Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis and Ruth, and a brother.

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R' Dr. Moses Avigdor Shulvass's Timeline

1909
1909
Plonsk, Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
1988
April 21, 1988
Age 79
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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