Abraham (Abe) L. Feinberg 
Abraham, known as Abe, was born on September 14th, 1899 in Bellaire. Abe's father was Nathan Feinberg (Niselovich) and his mother was Sarah Rebecca Abramson. His paternal grandparents were Baruch Shalom Niselovich and Shifra Musa; his maternal grandparents were Herschel Abramson and Rocha Rayza Altschul . He had six brothers and three sisters, named Benjamin, Moses, Sam, Jake, Allen, Dave, Seva (Bertha), Sylvia and Sally. He was the fourth youngest of the ten children. He died from cancer at the age of 87 on October 5th, 1986 in Reno. He was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery.Death Notes
Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hastings-On-Hudson, New York
General Notes
RABBI ABRAHAM L. FEINBERG; Obituary
New York Times. Oct 8, 1986.
Rabbi Feinberg was born in the Ohio mining town of Bellaire, the son of a Lithuanian cantor. He was graduated from high school at 14 and from the Universty of Cincinnati, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1920. He was ordained a rabbi in 1923 at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
He was Rabbi Emeritus of the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto and Rabbi-in-Residence of the Center for Religion and Life at the University of Nevada and Temple Sinai, both in Reno.
Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg, who led demonstrations against the Vietnam war and the arms race in the United States and Canada, died of cancer Sunday in Reno, Nev., where he lived for the last 10 years. He was 87 years old.
From pulpits in Manhattan, Denver, Niagara Falls and Toronto, he championed the cause of minority groups and individual liberties. He was always ready to march, lend his name or send a telegram if there was a protest for disarmament or for a treaty on a nuclear test ban, or against racism in South Africa, radicial injustice in America and United States policy in Vietnam.
In 1967, Rabbi Feinberg made a visit to Hanoi with two other members of the clergy. They returned with what was viewed as a symbolic invitation from President Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam to President Johnson to visit Hanoi for peace talks.
Rabbi Feinberg was born in the Ohio mining town of Bellaire, the son of a Lithuanian cantor. He was graduated from high school at 14 and from the Universty of Cincinnati, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1920. He was ordained a rabbi in 1923 at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
In 1930, he took radio singing jobs in New York under the name of Anthony Frome, and for several years was heard over WJZ on Sunday afternoons and on the National Broadcasting Company network four nights a week. He returned to the rabbinate during the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany.
He was Rabbi Emeritus of the Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto and Rabbi-in-Residence of the Center for Religion and Life at the University of Nevada and Temple Sinai, both in Reno.
His first wife of 40 years, Ruth Katsh, died of cancer in 1971.
He is survived by his second wife, Patricia Blanchard of Reno, whom he married in 1983; a daughther, Sarah Jane Growe of Toronto; a son, Dr. Jonathan Feinberg of San Mateo, Calif., and four grandchildren.
Details of Abe's family with Ruth E Katsh
Details of Abe's family with Patricia C. Blanchard
Sources/Citations
1900 United States Federal Census - Nathan Feinberg, 1910 United States Federal Census - Nathan Feinberg, World War One Draft Registration Cards - Abraham Feinberg, 1920 United States Federal Census - Nathan Feinberg, 1940 United States Federal Census - Abraham L Feinberg
1900 United States Federal Census - Nathan Feinberg, 1910 United States Federal Census - Nathan Feinberg, World War One Draft Registration Cards - Abraham Feinberg, 1920 United States Federal Census - Nathan Feinberg, 1940 United States Federal Census - Abraham L Feinberg
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