Kaptur Welcomes Ohio Rabbi for 90th Birthday Celebration
WASHINGTON—Today Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur hosted Rabbi Alan Mayor Sokobin Th.D., D.D., J.D. for a celebratory lunch marking his 90th birthday. He has served as policy advisor to Rep. Kaptur on matters relating to Israel. Earlier in the day Rabbi Sokobin attended the speech of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the floor of the House of Representatives, using Ms. Kaptur’s ticket to the event.
“Rabbi Sokobin is a longtime friend and confidant and I am honored to have been part of his 90th birthday celebrations,”said Kaptur. “Alan’s devotion to his life of service has been an inspiration for many years, marked not only by his four decades of service and leadership to the Jewish community in and around Sylvania but also as a spiritual teacher in the broader community and as a husband, father and grandfather. I congratulate Alan on becoming a distinguished nonagenarian this week and look forward to his continued friendship and counsel for years to come.”
According to the University of Toledo College of Law, where he works as a guest lecturer, Rabbi Sokobin served as a congregational rabbi for forty years in The Temple, Congregation Shomer Emunim of Sylvania. After his retirement he enrolled at the College of Law and received his degree in 1996.
Rabbi Sokobin has been Jewish Chautauqua Society Associate Professor of History at the University of Toledo. He has authored articles in The Jewish Spectator, C.C.A.R. Journal, The Journal of Reform Judaism, International Social Science Review, International Journal on World Peace, Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology, Amritsar, India as well as the Law Review of the University of Toledo College Rabbi Sokobin has served on the Commission of Social Action of American Reform Judaism, the Board of Trustees of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and is presently a member of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the United Jewish Appeal as well as the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish National Fund. For eight years Rabbi Sokobin and his wife directed the summer program in Israel for the National Federation of Temple Youth.
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