Prinz, Joachim

(1902-88)

   American rabbi and communal leader. He was born in Burchartsdorf, Germany, and became the rabbi of the Berlin Jewish community in 1926. He attacked Nazism from the pulpit and was expelled from Germany. In 1939 he became rabbi at Temple B'nai Abraham in Newark, New Jersey. Active in Jewish affairs, he served as president of the American Jewish Congress from 1958 to 1966. His writings include Wir Juden, Das Leben im Ghetto and The Dilemma of the Modern Jew.