Gunther plaut biography

Wolf Gunther Plaut, CC, (born November 1, 1912) is a Reform rabbi and author.

Plaut was the rabbi of Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto for several decades and since 1978 is its Senior Scholar.

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Wolf Gunther Plaut, CC OOnt (November 1, – February 8, ) was an American Reform rabbi and writer who was based in Canada.

Born in Germany, Plaut fled persecution under the Nazis in , first settling in the United States.

PLAUT, W. GUNTHER (–), U.S. Reform rabbi and author.

Wolf Gunther Plaut, CC OOnt was an American Reform rabbi and writer who was based in Canada.

He was born in Münster, Germany. His father's name was Jonas and his mother's name was Selma. Gunther had a younger brother, Walter who was the Rabbi of Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, NY at the time of his death in 1964 at the age of 43.

Gunther received his Doctor of Laws degree and in 1935 fled the Nazis and went to the United States.

Wolf Gunther Plaut was born in to Jonas and Selma Plaut, in Munster, Germany.

In 1939, he received his ordination as a Rabbi from Hebrew Union College. After receiving his U.S. citizenship on March 31, 1943, he enlisted as a chaplain in the U.S. Army. He was eventually assigned to the 104th Infantry "Timberwolf" Division and served as a frontline chaplain with the 104th in Belgium and Germany.

He held pulpits in Chicago, Illinois (1939–1948) and at Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul, Minnesota (1948–1961). He move