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Hall of Fame

B'rith Sholem Synagogue (1893) - Pine Street, Buffalo.  Photo courtesy Adler Archives.

The Buffalo Jewish Hall of Fame honors those who have made a lasting contribution to the Jewish community of Buffalo and Jewish Buffalonians who have made a lasting contribution to the world.

Selig Adler (1909-1984).  History.

Harold Arlen (1905-1986).  Music.

Michael Bennett (1943-1987).  Theater.

Lester Bergman (1889-1958).  Combat.

Al Boasberg (1892-1937).  Comedy.

Gordon Bunshaft (1909-1990).  Architecture.

Morris Diamond (1860-1944).  Teaching.

Seymour Drumlevitch (1923-1989).   Art.

Israel Isaac Efros (1891-1981).  Poetry, philosophy.

Ray Evans (1915-2007).  Music.

Gerhard Falk.  Sociology, history.

Samson Falk (1827-1886).  History.

Ursula Adler Falk.  Gerontology.

Marvin Farber (1901-1980).  Philosophy.

Irving Feldman (b. 1928).  Poetry.

Leslie Fiedler (1917-2003).  Literature.

Marcel Hartwig (1851-ca. 1935). Medicine.

Herbert A. Hauptman (1917-2011).  Mathematics, chemistry.

Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970).  History.

Elias Rex Jacobs (1892-1979).  Publishing.

Solomon Katz (1909-1985).  History.

Fritz Kaufmann (1891-1958).  Philosophy.

Edmund Klein (1921-1999).   Medicine.

Gerda Weissman Klein (b. 1924).  History.

Isaac Klein (1905-1982).  Theology.

Marv Levy (b. 1926).  Coaching.

Mel Lewis (1929-1990).  Music.

Fritz Machlup (1902-1983).  Economics.

Jacob Marinsky (1918-2005).  Chemistry.

Mitchel Mark (1868-1918) & Moe Mark (1872-1932).  Movie theater pioneers.

Rachel Marks (1869-1954).  Teaching.

Mordecai Myers (1776-1871).  Earliest resident.

Erwin Neter (1909-1983).  Bacteriology.

Mordecai Manuel Noah (1785-1851).  Politics.

Marvin K. Opler (1914-1981).  Anthropology & social psychiatry.

Morris E. Opler (1907-1996).  Anthropology.

Myron Prinzmetal (1908-1987).  Medicine.

Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz (d. 1910).  Theology.

Susan Rothenberg (b. 1945).  Art.

Lewis W. Rubenstein (1908-2003).  Art.

Sanford M. Satuloff (1918-1984).  Combat.

Louis Shores (1904-1981).  Librarianship.

Harrison G. Swados (1925-1980).  Combat.

Harvey Swados (1920-1972).  Literature.

Ernest Witebsky (1901-1969).  Immunology.

Jack Yellen (1892-1991).  Music.

Samuel Yochelson (1906-1976).  Psychiatry.

Bericz Zuckerman (1899-1973).  Theology.

Ner Israel Syagogue (1952) - Starin & Taunton, BuffaloTemple Beth Zion - Amherst building

Send your nomination for the Jewish Buffalo Hall of Fame to contact@jbuff.com.   Please include a biography.    Thanks!

Do you have a good photograph (we have a few that are too low quality to use) that we can post of anyone whose photograph is of poor quality, or isn't here?  Email it to jbuffmail {@} yahoo.com (remove the brackets) or just drop a line if you don't have a scanner.  Thanks!

Jbuff.com note:   Members are inducted by majority vote of the Hall of Fame Committee, subject to approval by the Hall of Fame Committee's wife. 

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