Weinstein, Jacob J. (Jacob Joseph), 1902-1974

found: Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein papers, 1918-1975, bulk 1940-1968, via WWW, January 10, 2016:"Descriptive Inventory for the Manuscript Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center", by Gary Stockton, 1983; rev. by Laura Pasztor; rev. by Alex Raynor, 2014 (Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein papers ... Biographical/historical note: Jacob Joseph Weinstein, rabbi of Chicago's Kehilath Anshe Maarav (K.A.M.) Temple, was born in Stephin, Poland on June 6, 1902. In 1908, Jacob's mother, Shaindel Weinstein, brought her children to Portland, Oregon ... Jacob Weinstein received a B.A. degree ... from Reed College in 1923 ... He graduated from Hebrew Union College in 1929 ... Weinstein served as a rabbi in Reform synagogues in Austin, Texas from 1929-1930 and in San Francisco, California from 1930-1932 ... In 1932, Weinstein became the advisor to Jewish students at Columbia University in New York City. Three years later, Weinstein returned to San Francisco, where he organized and served as Director of the School for Jewish Studies until 1939. In 1939, Weinstein came to Chicago to serve as the rabbi of K.A.M. Temple in Hyde Park, where he remained until his retirement in June 1967 ... Rabbi Weinstein died ... in Chicago on November 2, 1974 ...) - http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-W/WeinsteinJJ-inv.htm

found: JTA, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, via WWW, January 10, 2016:"Rabbi Jacob Weinstein Dead at 72," November 4, 1974 (New York (Nov. 3) Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein, past national chairman of the National Committee for Labor Israel ... died yesterday [November 2, 1974] in Chicago at the age of 72 ... Rabbi Weinstein, a leading spokesman for Reform Judaism and past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was spiritual leader from 1939 to 1967 of Kehilat Anshe Mayriv Temple in Chicago ... Born in Stephin, Russia-Poland, he was brought to the U.S. at the age of five. A graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, he was ordained in 1929 at Hebrew Union College ...) - http://www.jta.org/1974/11/04/archive/rabbi-jacob-weinstein-dead-at-72