Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman, 1948

Rabbi Joshua L. Liebman 1948
Identifier: ladieshomejourna65janwyet (find matches)
Title: The Ladies' home journal
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945
Subjects: Women's periodicals Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive
Publisher: Philadelphia : (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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cted too deeply Leilas passionate loyalty to her parentsand two younger sisters who had been destroyed by the Nazis in Auschwitz.The nightmare of her own experience (she had been shot and abandonedto die by the retreating Germans and miraculously rescued later) was toorecent. Joshua and Fan Liebman, after nineteen years of childless marriage,were burning to adopt Leila as their own daughter, but felt that she was Still uncertain. (Continued on Page 127) He who destroys one life,it is as though he had de-stroyed the world. And hewho saves one life, it is asthough he had saved theworld. This Talmudic pre-cept has been the guidingphilosophy of this Americanrabbi who has brought ahealing message to a spirit-ually torn world. He exhortshis flock to live in theimage of the helping Jewwho has a moral offer-ing to make to the world. He-edueating their adopted daugh-ter, Leila* to the blessings of im-maturitg1 after the horrors of aGerman eoneentrution eamp9 hasbeen the Liebmans9 greatest jog.
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