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Eli Ginzberg
Eli Ginzberg (April 30, 1911 – December 14, 2002) was born in New York City and earned an A.B., an A.M., and a Ph.D. from Columbia University between 1931 and 1934. He was son of the famous Louis Ginzberg, Professor of Talmud, at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, and his wife Adele.
Career.
Ginzberg became a professor of economics at Columbia University in 1935. It was in this capacity that he became acquainted with General Dwight D. Eisenhower
's real estate office. In 1909 she married Louis Ginzberg and moved with him to New York. The couple would have two children, Sophie (later Gould) and Eli.
Adele Ginzberg was for many years a monthly columnist for "Outlook", the magazine of the National Women's League; it was she who initiated creation of what would become the Menorah Award merit badge for the Girl Scouts. She was a vocal supporter of women's equal participation in the ritual of the synagogue. With her husband, she