{"id":1371,"date":"2012-10-12T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2012-10-12T11:22:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T18:22:25","slug":"gerber-israel-joshua-1918","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1371","title":{"rendered":"GERBER, ISRAEL JOSHUA, 1918-2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rabbi, professor, lecturer, writer.\u00a0 Born&#8211;  July 30, 1918, in New York City.  Parents&#8211; Max and Sadie Leah Schuster Gerber. Married&#8211;Sydelle Reba Katzman, January 9, 1943.\u00a0 Children&#8211;three. Education&#8211;   Yeshiva University, B.A., 1939; City College of New York, M.A., 1940; Boston University, Ph. D., 1950. Ordained as rabbi, 1941. Active duty in the US Army during the Korean Conflict, 1951-52, chaplain in the Army Reserve, 1949-54.\u00a0 Served as rabbi to congregations in Plymouth, Ma.; Fitchburg, MA; Dothan, Al, and Charlotte, NC, from 1943 to 1972.\u00a0\u00a0Professor of Psychology at Johnson C. Smith University, 1972-2002.\u00a0 Taught and lectured at Davidson College,\u00a0 Hood Theological Seminary, Livingston College, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Contributed articles to various periodicals using the pseudonym Ben Mordecai. \u00a0 Member of many professional and civic organizations including the American Psychological Association, Southeastern Psychology Association, American Academy of Religion, B&#8217;nai\u00a0 Brith, and Rotary International.\u00a0 Received the Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1964.\u00a0 Died October 4, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directory of American Scholars, 1978; Contemporary Authors online; Obituary, Atlanta Journal- Constitution, October 6, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Seekers;  American Blacks in Search of Jewish Identity.                       Middle Village, N.Y.;  Jonathan David, 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Immortal Rebels;  Freedom for the Individual in the Bible.  New York;  Jonathan      David, 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Job on Trial; A Book for Our Time.\u00a0 Gastonia, NC; E.P. Press, 1982.<\/p>\n<p>Man on a Pendulum;  a Case History of an Introvert.  New York;  American Press,      1955.<\/p>\n<p>A Psychology of the Suffering Mind.  New York;  Jonathan David, 1951.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributor; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rabbinical Counseling.\u00a0 Bloch Publishing, 1966.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Rabbi, professor, lecturer, writer.\u00a0 Born&#8211; July 30, 1918, in New York City. Parents&#8211; Max and Sadie Leah Schuster Gerber. Married&#8211;Sydelle Reba Katzman, January 9, 1943.\u00a0 Children&#8211;three. Education&#8211; Yeshiva University, B.A., 1939; City College of New York, M.A., 1940; Boston University, Ph. D., 1950. Ordained as rabbi, 1941. Active duty in the US Army during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-g-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}