Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-25
LOVED RABBI
PASSES A WAY
END COMES FOR REvERED JEW
IsH PRIEST
FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD
TOMORROW
Man Who Did Much Good During a
Lifetime of Service Leaves
Many to Mourn
Him

Tho death of Rabbi A. w. Edelman
Yesterday has caused widespread sorrow
among his many relatives and friends
Rabbi Edelman was one OF the nlos'
widely known pastors in Southern Can
fornia.
He died at the family home at lOls
Eden avenue yesterday at about
O'clock in the afternoon, after an Illness
of four weeks. .,,o
He was born in Poland and at tne tlile
of his death was 70 years or age
He obtained his education IN the rap-
hinical schools and was married at the
age of 10 years in his native land.
Rabbi Edelman with his wife, came 10
this country in 1852, first residing at
Paterson, n. j., and later at Bullalo'
N. Y. . soc,
and in 1862 the rabbi was called to Los
Angeles to organize and take charge OF
the B'nai Birth congregation
The first services were held in the AT
cadia block, Los Angeles and Arcadia
streets, continuing there until the syna-
gogue was built in 1872 on the site now
occupied by the Copp bulldlns, IN LOU
the rabbi participated in the deolcatloh
of the present B'nai Birth synagogue.
Served Twenty-Five Years
Rabbi Edelman continued as rabbi for
about twenty-five years and then re-
signed For the past twenty years
he has had no regular congregations out
has officiated gratuitously for the va
rious Jewish congregations with the EN-
deavor to build them up.
In early times he was the only rabbi
in this part of the country, and owing to
his genial and charitable nature he Off
ciated at nearly all the old-time weddings
r;o OIL functions 70 which
he was called.
He was a great friend of the Catholic
priests, who practically reigned supreme
in the early days. Among them were
Bishop Mora, Bishop Peter Verdaguer,
now bishop for Texas, formerly known as
Father Peter" and later Bishops Mont
gomery and Conaty.
He was a close adherent to the ortho-
dox Jewish faith and yet was always
very liberal in his ideas and was always
friendly with all other religious denom-
nations.
A Writer of Note
Rabbi Edelman had been a frequent
contributor to the columns of The Herald
and other Los Angeles newspapers on
Jewish religious topics.
He was a member in high standing of
the Masons Odd Fellows, Ancient Order
of United Workmen, Pioneer society and
several Jewish and non-partisan organ
izations
About one year ago he donated the
greater part of his private library to the
Los Angeles public library, embracing a
rare collection of Hebrew, Talmudic and
other works. This stands apart in the
library here as the Edelman collection
Within the past few weeks Rabbi Edel-
man made a donation of $500 to the He
brew Benevolent society and a donation
of the same amount to the Hebrew La
dies Benevolent society for the estab-
lishment of a permanent fund to be
known as the Edelman memorial fund,
with a promise of an additional $500 to
each of these societies, making $4,000 in
all, to be fulfilled by his heirs.
Mrs. Edelman, who was a great worker
with her husband in his religious and
charitable work, died eleven years ago.
Leaves Large Family
The following sons and daughters sur
vive the rabbi: Mrs. H. j. Jacoby, Mrs.
W. T. Barnett and Dr. d. w. Edelman
of Los Angeles Ben. w. Edelman of
Omaha; A. NJ Edelman of San Fran
cisco, and Henry w. Edelman of Seattle.
The grandchildren are: N. H. Jacoby
of Seattle Mrs. Morse Silver of New
York city, Mrs. Hugo Brandeis of Oma-
ha and l.. w. Barnett of Los Angeles.
With the exception of Mrs. Brandeis
these relatives will come from all parts
of the country to attend the funeral. The
sons and daughters were at the bedside
at the time the rabbi passed away.
The funeral will be held at the Temple
B'nai Birth. corner Ninth and Hop
streets tomorrow at l p. m. Rabb
Hecht will officiate. The interment will
be In the Home of Peace cemetery.
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