Rabbi Mordecai Nodel served the Agudah Achim Temple, East St. Louis, Illinois as senior rabbi for over 2 years (1930-1932) and he is listed along with other rabbis who served St. Louis area congregations. The full list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS
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Rabbi Nodel died at the age of 79 at the French Hospital, 330 West 30th Street, New York, NY. His bio appears in part in several books where he is identified either as Max, Mordecai, or Morris. He was part of a line of 9 generations of Nodel rabbis. Rabbi Nodel became a naturalized citizen.
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NODEL RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY
1909
Married Sarah King
Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie
1910
Portrait Painter
Washington, DC
1929-1936
Senior Rabbi
Congregation Kneseth Israel (1)
Elgin, Illinois
1930-1932
Rabbi
Agudath Achim Temple (2)
East St. Louis, Illinois
1942-1962
Yeshiva University
Manhattan, New York
(1) Rabbi Nodel's name appears in the 100th anniversary booklet of Congregation Kneseth Israel printed in 1992. A page listing of all the rabbi's who've served the congregation shows that Rabbi M. Nodel was the rabbi there from 1929-1936. He was the congregation's 3rd rabbi.
(2) See congregation photo to the right.
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Grand children Debbie Nodel Gordon, Maxine Nodel and Abba Polangin remember quite clearly many of the important elements of Rabbi Nodel's life. He was a loving grandfather. They mentioned that he spoke fluent Aramaic and was very active as a fundraiser and field representative for the Albert Einstein Medical School in the Bronx during the infancy of that noted institution. That field work resulted from his affiliation with the Yeshiva. He travelled extensively. He was also a chaplain at the United States Navel Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and had written books on life in the Unkraine but were unpublished. Ms. Gordon retains an important family scrapbook that was given to her by a Chassidic man who had been responsible for cleaning out the Sol Nodel home following his wife's death. The scrapbook (compiled ca 1939) had been missing for years and documents the Nodel family.
The grand children noted that Rabbi Nodel was known to answer the phone on the sabbath and would also shave. Contrary to Orthodox Jewish law, he felt that Jewish girls should also learn to read Hebrew and that husbands and wives should sit together in services. These "vices" were contrary to Orthodox Jewish law but he was not always observant. He was Orthodox but progressive in his views.
Rabbi Nodel's wife Sarah had a wonderful singing voice and was invited to sing as a soloist at the Met. Family life and children would preclude a singing career but her family inherited her singing traits.
Rabbi Nodel was the principal of all the Hebrew schools in Baltimore for a time. He headed pulpits in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and a small temple in Manhattan. He moved often in his role as Rabbi since there were frequent conflicts with local congregants and/or their Temple boards. These frequent moves were not uncommon to rabbis.
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Double click on any photo to reveal captioned information and any attribution.
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The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
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Rabbi Nodel died at the age of 79 at the French Hospital, 330 West 30th Street, New York, NY. His bio appears in part in several books where he is identified either as Max, Mordecai, or Morris. He was part of a line of 9 generations of Nodel rabbis. Rabbi Nodel became a naturalized citizen.
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NODEL RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY
1909
Married Sarah King
Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie
1910
Portrait Painter
Washington, DC
1929-1936
Senior Rabbi
Congregation Kneseth Israel (1)
Elgin, Illinois
1930-1932
Rabbi
Agudath Achim Temple (2)
East St. Louis, Illinois
1942-1962
Yeshiva University
Manhattan, New York
(1) Rabbi Nodel's name appears in the 100th anniversary booklet of Congregation Kneseth Israel printed in 1992. A page listing of all the rabbi's who've served the congregation shows that Rabbi M. Nodel was the rabbi there from 1929-1936. He was the congregation's 3rd rabbi.
(2) See congregation photo to the right.
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Grand children Debbie Nodel Gordon, Maxine Nodel and Abba Polangin remember quite clearly many of the important elements of Rabbi Nodel's life. He was a loving grandfather. They mentioned that he spoke fluent Aramaic and was very active as a fundraiser and field representative for the Albert Einstein Medical School in the Bronx during the infancy of that noted institution. That field work resulted from his affiliation with the Yeshiva. He travelled extensively. He was also a chaplain at the United States Navel Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and had written books on life in the Unkraine but were unpublished. Ms. Gordon retains an important family scrapbook that was given to her by a Chassidic man who had been responsible for cleaning out the Sol Nodel home following his wife's death. The scrapbook (compiled ca 1939) had been missing for years and documents the Nodel family.
The grand children noted that Rabbi Nodel was known to answer the phone on the sabbath and would also shave. Contrary to Orthodox Jewish law, he felt that Jewish girls should also learn to read Hebrew and that husbands and wives should sit together in services. These "vices" were contrary to Orthodox Jewish law but he was not always observant. He was Orthodox but progressive in his views.
Rabbi Nodel's wife Sarah had a wonderful singing voice and was invited to sing as a soloist at the Met. Family life and children would preclude a singing career but her family inherited her singing traits.
Rabbi Nodel was the principal of all the Hebrew schools in Baltimore for a time. He headed pulpits in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and a small temple in Manhattan. He moved often in his role as Rabbi since there were frequent conflicts with local congregants and/or their Temple boards. These frequent moves were not uncommon to rabbis.
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Double click on any photo to reveal captioned information and any attribution.
____________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
Rabbi Mordecai Nodel served the Agudah Achim Temple, East St. Louis, Illinois as senior rabbi for over 2 years (1930-1932) and he is listed along with other rabbis who served St. Louis area congregations. The full list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS
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Rabbi Nodel died at the age of 79 at the French Hospital, 330 West 30th Street, New York, NY. His bio appears in part in several books where he is identified either as Max, Mordecai, or Morris. He was part of a line of 9 generations of Nodel rabbis. Rabbi Nodel became a naturalized citizen.
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NODEL RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY
1909
Married Sarah King
Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie
1910
Portrait Painter
Washington, DC
1929-1936
Senior Rabbi
Congregation Kneseth Israel (1)
Elgin, Illinois
1930-1932
Rabbi
Agudath Achim Temple (2)
East St. Louis, Illinois
1942-1962
Yeshiva University
Manhattan, New York
(1) Rabbi Nodel's name appears in the 100th anniversary booklet of Congregation Kneseth Israel printed in 1992. A page listing of all the rabbi's who've served the congregation shows that Rabbi M. Nodel was the rabbi there from 1929-1936. He was the congregation's 3rd rabbi.
(2) See congregation photo to the right.
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Grand children Debbie Nodel Gordon, Maxine Nodel and Abba Polangin remember quite clearly many of the important elements of Rabbi Nodel's life. He was a loving grandfather. They mentioned that he spoke fluent Aramaic and was very active as a fundraiser and field representative for the Albert Einstein Medical School in the Bronx during the infancy of that noted institution. That field work resulted from his affiliation with the Yeshiva. He travelled extensively. He was also a chaplain at the United States Navel Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and had written books on life in the Unkraine but were unpublished. Ms. Gordon retains an important family scrapbook that was given to her by a Chassidic man who had been responsible for cleaning out the Sol Nodel home following his wife's death. The scrapbook (compiled ca 1939) had been missing for years and documents the Nodel family.
The grand children noted that Rabbi Nodel was known to answer the phone on the sabbath and would also shave. Contrary to Orthodox Jewish law, he felt that Jewish girls should also learn to read Hebrew and that husbands and wives should sit together in services. These "vices" were contrary to Orthodox Jewish law but he was not always observant. He was Orthodox but progressive in his views.
Rabbi Nodel's wife Sarah had a wonderful singing voice and was invited to sing as a soloist at the Met. Family life and children would preclude a singing career but her family inherited her singing traits.
Rabbi Nodel was the principal of all the Hebrew schools in Baltimore for a time. He headed pulpits in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and a small temple in Manhattan. He moved often in his role as Rabbi since there were frequent conflicts with local congregants and/or their Temple boards. These frequent moves were not uncommon to rabbis.
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Double click on any photo to reveal captioned information and any attribution.
____________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
____________________
Rabbi Nodel died at the age of 79 at the French Hospital, 330 West 30th Street, New York, NY. His bio appears in part in several books where he is identified either as Max, Mordecai, or Morris. He was part of a line of 9 generations of Nodel rabbis. Rabbi Nodel became a naturalized citizen.
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NODEL RABBINIC CHRONOLOGY
1909
Married Sarah King
Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie
1910
Portrait Painter
Washington, DC
1929-1936
Senior Rabbi
Congregation Kneseth Israel (1)
Elgin, Illinois
1930-1932
Rabbi
Agudath Achim Temple (2)
East St. Louis, Illinois
1942-1962
Yeshiva University
Manhattan, New York
(1) Rabbi Nodel's name appears in the 100th anniversary booklet of Congregation Kneseth Israel printed in 1992. A page listing of all the rabbi's who've served the congregation shows that Rabbi M. Nodel was the rabbi there from 1929-1936. He was the congregation's 3rd rabbi.
(2) See congregation photo to the right.
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Grand children Debbie Nodel Gordon, Maxine Nodel and Abba Polangin remember quite clearly many of the important elements of Rabbi Nodel's life. He was a loving grandfather. They mentioned that he spoke fluent Aramaic and was very active as a fundraiser and field representative for the Albert Einstein Medical School in the Bronx during the infancy of that noted institution. That field work resulted from his affiliation with the Yeshiva. He travelled extensively. He was also a chaplain at the United States Navel Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and had written books on life in the Unkraine but were unpublished. Ms. Gordon retains an important family scrapbook that was given to her by a Chassidic man who had been responsible for cleaning out the Sol Nodel home following his wife's death. The scrapbook (compiled ca 1939) had been missing for years and documents the Nodel family.
The grand children noted that Rabbi Nodel was known to answer the phone on the sabbath and would also shave. Contrary to Orthodox Jewish law, he felt that Jewish girls should also learn to read Hebrew and that husbands and wives should sit together in services. These "vices" were contrary to Orthodox Jewish law but he was not always observant. He was Orthodox but progressive in his views.
Rabbi Nodel's wife Sarah had a wonderful singing voice and was invited to sing as a soloist at the Met. Family life and children would preclude a singing career but her family inherited her singing traits.
Rabbi Nodel was the principal of all the Hebrew schools in Baltimore for a time. He headed pulpits in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and a small temple in Manhattan. He moved often in his role as Rabbi since there were frequent conflicts with local congregants and/or their Temple boards. These frequent moves were not uncommon to rabbis.
____________________
Double click on any photo to reveal captioned information and any attribution.
____________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
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