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Nov 01, 1929 Revere, Massachusetts, United States Died on 19 Apr 2014 (aged 84)
American rabbi
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About Aaron Landes
- Aaron Landes (November 1, 1929 – April 19, 2014) was an American rabbi in the Conservative movement and a rear admiral in the United States Naval Reserve.
- He served as rabbi of Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania for 36 years.
- With his wife, Sora Eisenberg Landes, he founded the Forman Hebrew Day School, now known as the Forman branch of the Perelman Jewish Day School.
- He also was instrumental in founding the Hebrew Free Loan Society of Greater Philadelphia.Born in 1929 in Revere, Massachusetts, Landes served in the United States Navy for two years after his ordination and continued in the United States Navy Reserve until 1989, reaching the rank of Rear Admiral and retiring as head of the Chaplain Corps.
- During his naval career, he was instrumental in the building of Jewish chapels at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and at the Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia.
