synagogue death_date death_place children birth_place semicha denomination synagogueposition buried parents birth_date spouse image article_title name
temple beth israel 17 april 2012 farmington hills , michigan daniel , deborah chicago , illinois hebrew union college reform rabbi holy blossom memorial park , toronto rabbi w. gunther plaut and elizabeth strauss plaut 7 october 1942 carol jonathanvplaut.jpg jonathan v. plaut
 jonathan v. plaut
jonathan v. plaut

jonathan v. plaut , -lrb- october 7 , 1942 -- april 17 , 2012 -rrb- was a reform rabbi and author .
plaut was the rabbi of temple beth israel in jackson , mi .
he was born in chicago , illinois , the son of gunther plaut , an internationally renowned jewish scholar who lived in toronto , ontario .
on october 1 , 2000 , plaut was appointed the spiritual leader of temple beth israel -lrb- jackson , michigan -rrb- .
prior to this , he served as senior rabbi of temple emanu-el , san jose , california from 1985 to 1993 and congregation beth el in windsor , ontario , canada from 1970 to 1984 where he spearheaded the synagogue 's growth of more than a hundred percent .
in addition , he held part-time positions at temple beth el -lrb- bloomfield hills , michigan -rrb- as visiting rabbinic scholar and for five years at congregation beth el in traverse city , michigan before becoming rabbi emeritus in august 2004 .
a 1964 graduate of macalester college in st. paul , minnesota , he was ordained in 1970 from the hebrew union college , cincinnati , ohio .
rabbi plaut earned a doctor of hebrew letters degree in 1977 and an honorary doctor of divinity degree in 1995 from the hebrew union college .
in 2009 , he received a doctor of laws degree -lrb- honoris causa -rrb- from assumption university which is in federation with the university of windsor .
for eight years , dr. plaut was adjunct assistant professor in the religious studies department at santa clara university , san jose , california .
from 2001 to 2008 , he taught a one semester graduate course at university of detroit mercy .
in windsor ontario , he taught for twelve years at assumption college school .
for more than a decade , he hosted a weekly religious news program on cbet-tv television and ckww radio in windsor .
he was the editor of the `` journal of the canadian jewish historical society '' from 1977 to 1984 , and `` through the sound of many voices : writings contributed on the occasion of the 70th birthday of w. gunther plaut '' .
for nearly nine years , he wrote a monthly article for the `` san jose jewish community news '' .
in 2007 , he authored `` the jews of windsor 1790-1990 : a historical chronicle '' .
in 2007 , he also edited `` one voice : the selected sermons of w. gunther plaut '' and `` the plaut family : tracing the legacy '' and in 2008 wrote the introduction for `` eight decades : the selected writings of w. gunther plaut '' .
all of rabbi plaut 's papers spanning a career of nearly 40 years are housed at library and archives canada in ottawa , ontario , canada .
included in this collection are the research materials , newspaper articles , interviews and photographs of the windsor jewish community from 1790 to 2000 .
rabbi plaut has held many civic and religious posts and was the youngest person to receive windsor jewry 's highest communal honor in 1985 , becoming the jewish national fund negev dinner honoree .
active in a variety of communal activities , rabbi plaut headed the jewish national fund , united jewish appeal of windsor , state of israel bonds , credit counseling service of metropolitan windsor , counsel of agency executives and rabbis in san jose , and was the chaplain for both the san jose fire and police departments .
rabbi plaut and his wife , carol , have two children , a son and daughter-in-law , daniel and amy who live in jacksonville , florida ; and a daughter and son-in-law , deborah and david who have two sons , steven and jeffrey who live in farmington hills , michigan .
dr. plaut is the son of rabbi dr. w. gunther plaut , an internationally renowned jewish scholar who lived in toronto , ontario until his death on 8 february 2012 at the age of 99 .
