17 Facts About Cyrus Adler

Cyrus Adler was an American educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar.

Cyrus Adler earned the first American PhD in Semitics from the university in 1887 and was appointed instructor in Semitic languages and promoted to associate professor in 1890.

Cyrus Adler taught Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins from 1884 to 1893.

Cyrus Adler was a commissioner for the world's Columbian exposition to the Orient in 1890, and he passed sixteen months in Turkey, Syria, Egypt, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco securing exhibits.

Cyrus Adler was made lecturer on biblical archaeology in the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, president of the American Jewish Historical Society, US delegate to a conference on an international catalogue of scientific literature in 1898, and honorary assistant curator of historic archaeology and custodian of historic religions in the US national museum.

Cyrus Adler was a founder of the Jewish Welfare Board.

Cyrus Adler was president of Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning from 1908 to 1940 and Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Cyrus Adler was involved in the creation of various Jewish organizations including the Jewish Publication Society, the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Jewish Committee, and the United Synagogue of America.

Cyrus Adler served a variety of organizations by holding various offices.

Cyrus Adler married Racie Friedenwald of Baltimore in 1905, when he was 42.

From 1911 until 1916, Cyrus Adler was Parnas of Congregation Mikveh Israel of Philadelphia.

Cyrus Adler died in Philadelphia, and his papers are held by the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Cyrus Adler was an editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia and in collaboration with Allen Ramsay wrote Tales Told in a Coffee House.

Cyrus Adler was part of the committee that translated the Jewish Publication Society version of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

Cyrus Adler was a contributor to the New International Encyclopedia.

Cyrus Adler edited the American Jewish Year Book from 1899 to 1905 and the Jewish Quarterly Review from 1910 to 1940.

Cyrus Adler was besides contributions to the Journal of the American Oriental Society, the Proceedings of the American Philological Association, the Andover Review, Hebraica, Johns Hopkins University Circular and numerous reviews.