Samuel Buchler
American Jewish prison chaplain
About Samuel Buchler
Lived 1882 – 1971 (aged 88–89).
Rabbi Samuel Buchler (March 21, 1882 – April 1971), was the President of the Federation of Hungarian Jews in America, in 1909 in New York. He was the Deputy Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City in 1919. He was also a lawyer and Jewish chaplain at Sing Sing prison. He was charged with grand larceny in 1932 and was disbarred. He purportedly took money from clients to aid in immigration, but didn't do any work and pocketed the money. He died in Brooklyn in 1971.
Publications Cohen comes first and other cases: stories of controversies before the New York Jewish Court of Arbitration. New York: Vanguard Press, 1933.
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Who was Samuel Buchler?
American Jewish prison chaplain
When was Samuel Buchler born?
Samuel Buchler was born on 21 March 1882.
When did Samuel Buchler die?
Samuel Buchler died in 1971.
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