- Bertram Korn
Bertram Wallace Korn, 1918-1979, was an historian and
rabbi . He attended theUniversity of Pennsylvania ,Cornell University and theUniversity of Cincinnati , and received an M.H.L. degree from theHebrew Union College -Jewish Institute of Religion inCincinnati (where he was ordained a rabbi), also receiving a D.H.L. degree from the College-Institute.In 1944, Korn enlisted in the
United States Navy as a lieutenant in theChaplain's Corps , where he was assigned to China with the 1st and 6th Marine Divisions. In 1975, he was promoted toRear Admiral in the Chaplains Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve, the first Jewish chaplain to receiveflag rank in any of the United States armed forces.Korn wrote twelve books on American Jewish History, the most famous being "American Jewry and the Civil War," in 1951. Other books by Korn include: "The Jews of Mobile, Alabama, 1763-1841" (1971); "Benjamin Levy: New Orleans Printer and Publisher" (1961); "Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South, 1789-1865" (1961); "The American Reaction to the Mortara Case: 1858-1859" (1957); and "The Early Jews of New Orleans" (1969). Korn was also the president of the American Historical Society.
Korn had two children, Judith Carole and Bertram Wallace, Jr.
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