Jacob Polish

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Jacob was born on March 31st, 1913 in Cleveland.  Jacob's father was Morris Polish and his mother was Mollie Niselovich (Feinberg).  His maternal grandparents were Abraham itsyk Niselovich and Gita Pinkus. He had a brother named David.  He was the younger of the two children.  He died at the age of 78 on December 17th, 1991 in Queens.

• General Notes

  Jacob Polish, 78, Dies; Rabbi Aided Refugees
  
  The New York Times December 19, 1991
  
  Rabbi Jacob Polish, who aided refugees from Nazism, died on Tuesday at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, L.I. He was 78 years old and lived in the Forest Hills, Queens.
  
  He died of pulmonary failure in the aftermath of a stroke, his family said.
  
  From 1946 to 1956 he was the rabbi of the Hebrew Tabernacle in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, and then for 15 years he was the rabbi of Temple Isaiah in Forest Hills.
  
  Rabbi Joseph B. Glaser of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the national reform group in American Judaism, said the vast majority of Rabbi Polish's congregants at the Hebrew Tabernacle had fled Nazi Germany, "and he was a very important force in making them comfortable and involved American citizens."
  
  In his long career he was also a chaplain at Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan and at affiliated institutions.
  
  Rabbi Polish is survived by his wife, Janice; a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Jamie, both of Queens; two grandchildren, and a brother, Rabbi David Polish, of Evanston, Ill.

Details of Jacob's family with Janice Deutsch