Louis Finkelstein

This article is about the Conservative Jewish Rabbi and Talmud scholar. For the artist, critic and art professor, see Louis Finkelstein (artist).
Rabbi
Louis Finkelstein
Louis Finkelstein (left) with Pinchas Hacohen Peli, New York, 1969
Chancellor of Jewish Theological Seminary of America
In office
1940–1972
TitleChancellor of JTS
Personal life
Born(1895-06-14)June 14, 1895
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedNovember 29, 1991(1991-11-29) (aged 96)
Notable work(s)Tradition in the Making, Beliefs and Practices of Judaism, Pre-Maccabean Documents in the Passover Haggadah
Alma materColumbia University, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
OccupationTalmud scholar, Jewish law expert, Chancellor of JTS
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationConservative Judaism

Louis Finkelstein (June 14, 1895, in Cincinnati, Ohio – November 29, 1991) was a Talmud scholar, an expert in Jewish law, and a leader of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) and Conservative Judaism.

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