Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Solomon Schecter
Moldavian-born Romanian Rabbi, Academic Scholar, and Educator, most famous for his roles as Founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement
"Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance."
"The Bible is our patent of nobility."
"By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else."
"You cannot be anything if you want to be everything."