Margolies, Israel Raphael (1916?-1988)

Israel Raphael Margolies was a spiritual leader and civil rights activist. He graduated from the Jewish Institute of Religion. He served at the Temple Emanu-El from 1937 to 1953 and the Beth Am the Peoples Temple from 1953 to 1981. He was also a civil rights activist and marched in Englewood with Martin Luther King Jr. He was a president of the Zionist Organization of Bergen County, a chairman of the Race Relations Committee of the Urban League, and a founding member of the New Jersey chapter of SANE, an anti-nuclear arms organization. He married Rose. He had three children, Allan, Irwin, and Sheera.

"Rabbi Israel Margolies dies; human rights, peace advocate." The Record, 14 Feb. 1988, p. A-39.

1916?

1988

"Rabbi Israel Margolies dies; human rights, peace advocate." The Record, 14 Feb. 1988, p. A-39.