Morris Goldstein (1904-1984), scholar
Morris Goldstein (1904-1984) was an American Jewish scholar.
Biography
After his rabbinical ordination in 1927, received his D.H.L. (1949) and his D.D. (1958) from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, OH. Served various congregations in the United States and England before moving to San Francisco as a rabbi of San Francisco's congregation Sherith Israel (1932-1971) and its rabbi emeritus from 1971 to 1984. Was president of the Northern California Board of Rabbi, founder and chairman of the Jewish National Fund of San Francisco, board member and/or officer of the Jewish Education Society of San Francisco and the Bay Area Council of Boy Scouts, chaplain of the San Francisco Fire Department, Freemason and an official in the Rotary Club. Serving as Faculty member of the Pacific School of Religion, authored books on Judaism and Christianity, and lectured at secular and religious colleges in the West.