Sallie Ginns and Rabbi Simon Krinsky

Sallie Ginns and Rabbi Simon Krinsky

Sallie Ginns and Rabbi Simon Krinsky

Rabbi Simon Krinsky was a Polish immigrant who moved to the U.S. after being ordained in Palestine. Prior to his ordination, he attended the Theological Seminary of Slabodka in Lithuania and earned a teaching degree from the Polish government. He worked as an educator in Palestine and the U.S. He moved to Wilmington in 1931 to oversee religious education at the Adas Kodesch Hebrew school and would go on to teach at and conduct religious services for most of Delaware’s Jewish congregations. In addition to his work as an educator, Rabbi Krinsky was also the founder of the Jewish Voice magazine and the author of many educational texts, books, articles, and poems. In this interview, Rabbi Krinsky discusses his immigration from Poland to Palestine and position as principal of a high school there, his travel through Europe, the changes in Israel over time, kibbutz life in Israel, and his acquaintance with Rabbi Abraham Issac Kook, the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine.

Jewish Historical Society of Delaware

donated by Bill Frank, 5/31/1983

audio cassette tape

English

oral history

28

Ralph Tomases

Sallie Ginns and Simon Krinsky

audio cassette tape

35 minutes, 26 seconds