Dr. A. Stanley Dreyfus

DREYFUS--Dr. A. Stanley, Rabbi Emeritus. It is with the most profound sadness that Union Temple of Brooklyn records the death of its beloved and esteemed Rabbi Emeritus, Dr. A. Stanley Dreyfus, on Tuesday, July 8. He was one of the brightest luminaries of the American Reform Rabbinate, and was lovingly embraced by one and all in our congregational family. As Rabbi from 1964-1979, and then as Rabbi Emeritus until his death, he served our congregation with complete devotion and love, the highest standards of scholarship and spiritual guidance, and inimitable wit and good humor. He had a deep reverence for history, as he himself helped to shape Jewish history over the past half-century. Through his teaching at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he helped to raise up an entire generation of rabbis. His formidable intellect and scholarly achievements were recognized and honored by colleagues, students, congregants, and all who crossed his path. Along with the entire Reform Movement of Judaism, our congregation has prayed for the past three decades from the prayer books he edited as Chairman of the Liturgy Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. His love for Judaism and the Jewish People knew no bounds. Our hearts go out to his beloved wife Marianne, "M'love," as he called her, and their wonderful family: son Dr. James Dreyfus and daughter-in-law Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus of Homewood, IL, and their children, Ben, David, and Lina and Adam Wallace; daughter-in-law Helen Bagot Dreyfus of Houston, TX, widow of Richard, z"I, and her children Daniel and Adam; and sister Julie Zager. Funeral services will be conducted at Union Temple of Brooklyn, 17 Eastern Parkway at Grand Army Plaza, Thursday, July 10, 1:00pm. Y'hi zichrono fv'rachah -May he always be remembered for honor and blessing in the Household of Israel. Dr. Linda Henry Goodman, Rabbi Doris Klueger, President