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Baeck

British  
/ bɛk /

noun

  1. Leo . 1873–1956, German Jewish theologian: a leader of the German Jews during the Nazi period. His major work is The Essence of Judaism (1905)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ramer was “the epitome of integrity and grace,” said Rabbi Ken Chasen of Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2024

She was ordained a rabbi at the Leo Baeck College in London and has friends and colleagues there who are supporting her.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2022

“Society made me feel like a failure for being in my 30’s and not yet a wife or a mother,” Baeck said.

From Fox News Jul. 25, 2019

Mr. Herz’s heirs have donated the collection to the Leo Baeck Institute, a library focused on German-speaking Jewry at the Center for Jewish History on West 16th Street in Manhattan.

From New York Times Aug. 5, 2010

Religions of the world: their nature and their history, written in collaboration with Franz Babinger, Leo Baeck, Heinrich Haekmann and others.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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