Albert Jean Amateau
Albert Jean Amateau (born April 20, 1889 in Milas near Muğla , † February 9, 1996 in Santa Rosa , California ) was a Turkish rabbi , lawyer , businessman and social activist.
Life
Albert Jean Amateau was born in 1889 as a Sephardic Jew in the Ottoman city of Milas and graduated from the American International College in Izmir . In 1910 he emigrated to the United States .
Amateau also vigorously advocated the rights of deaf people. After returning from military service in World War I , Amateau was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1920 and elected the first rabbi of a deaf-mute congregation. In 1941, Amateau developed the Albert J. Amateau Foreign Language Service , which offered lip-sync translators for cinema films and operated until 1989.
Amateau founded numerous Turkey-oriented organizations in the United States. In 1992 he helped the age of 103 years with the founding of the American Society of Jewish Friends of Turkey ( American Society of Jewish Friends of Turkey ) with and was appointed its president.
Amateau was also a peace activist and was involved as a mediator in negotiations between Jews and Arabs from Palestine . The film director Rod Amateau was his son.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary
- ^ Albert J. Amateau Collection. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, 2001, accessed February 18, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amateau, Albert Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milas , Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1996 |
| Place of death | Santa Rosa (California) |