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Peter H. Schweitzer
As a rabbi and social worker, Peter Schweitzer brings a unique perspective to understanding his family’s history and experiences. A respected collector of ephemera pertaining to Jewish Americana, h...view moreAs a rabbi and social worker, Peter Schweitzer brings a unique perspective to understanding his family’s history and experiences. A respected collector of ephemera pertaining to Jewish Americana, he has a special appreciation for the letters and documents that his family preserved, which inspired this book.
Rabbi Schweitzer is Rabbi Emeritus of The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in New York City, which he led for 25 years. He also earned a Master’s in Social Work and worked as a clinical social worker for many years for JBFCS in Brooklyn.
Rabbi Schweitzer is the author of The Liberated Haggadah: A Passover Celebration for Cultural, Secular and Humanistic Jews and The Guide for a Humanistic Bar/Bat Mitzvah. He was the regular contributor to Moment Magazine’s “Ask the Rabbi” column from the Humanistic perspective. Additionally, for 25 years he amassed one of the most significant collections of Jewish Americana that he donated to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia in 2005.view less
Books by Peter H. Schweitzer
Dear Uli!: A Rare Glimpse at a German Jewish Family Through the Letters They Wrote Their Son, Sent Alone to America at Age 16, and the New Lives They Built.