Marshall Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMarshall Meyer
American rabbi
Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1930
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of Death: 29-Dec-1993
Profession: rabbi
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Marshall Meyer
- Rabbi Marshall T.
- Meyer (March 25, 1930 – December 29, 1993) was an American Conservative rabbi who became a recognized international human rights activist while living and working in Argentina from 1958 to 1984, during the period of the "Dirty War" in the 1970s.
- He was elected by president RaĂşl AlfonsĂn to be one of the members of the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons. After the restoration of democracy in 1983, Meyer was awarded the nation's highest honor, the Order of the Liberator General San MartĂn, by the new president.In Argentina Meyer also led a congregation and founded Seminario RabĂnico Latinoamericano, a Conservative Judaism rabbinical school in Buenos Aires that has trained generations of Spanish-speaking rabbis. Rabbi Meyer returned the United States in 1984 and that year became rabbi of Congregation Bnai Jeshurun in New York City.
- He was called to revive the congregation of the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the city.He was one of those honored by president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner when honored those who fought for the restoration of democracy.
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