Rabbi,author,activist,political advisor. Known as "Nixon's Rabbi". Baruch Korff was born in present day Ukraine as the son of Grand Rabbi Jacob Israel Korff and Gittel Goldman Korff. He is a member of an unbroken chain of rabbis dating back eight centuries and he is a direct descendant of Ba'al Shem the founder of Chassidic Judaism.
As a young boy, he witnessed the murder of his mother by a mob in the Jewish Pogroms and this event had a profound effect on him that remained for the rest of his life. He was initially removed to Poland where he was schooled by an uncle and then in 1926 he immigrated to the United States where he rejoined his family and was Bar Mitzvahed.
He then returned to Poland where he studied to be a rabbi and where he was ordained.
During World War II, Baruch became active in the Zionist movement and was instrumental in relocting Jewish people to Palestine and the United States. He was briefly jailed in France on suspicion of terroism charges and authored his first book, "Flight From Fear".
Returning to the United States, he became the long serving rabbi of Congregation Agudath Achim where he is rabbi emertus.
In a rather early retirement, he took on the role of a political activist-eventually befriending President Richard Nixon. During the Watergate era, he became one of President Nixon's staunchest allies and defenders. This was done despite Nixon's widely regarded disposiiton to anti-semetic rhetoric. It was at this juncture that he became known as "Nixon's Rabbi".
From this experience, Baruch Korff founded the National Citizens Committee for Fairness to the Presidency and wrote two books: "The Personal Nixon - Staying on the Summit" and "The President and I". Near the end of his life, he made the assertion that noted television reporter Diane Sawyer was Deep Throat.
Rabbi Korff was married and divorced twice and he was the father of three children. His daughter Zamira is an executive with Combinded Jewish Philanthropies in Boston.
As a young boy, he witnessed the murder of his mother by a mob in the Jewish Pogroms and this event had a profound effect on him that remained for the rest of his life. He was initially removed to Poland where he was schooled by an uncle and then in 1926 he immigrated to the United States where he rejoined his family and was Bar Mitzvahed.
He then returned to Poland where he studied to be a rabbi and where he was ordained.
During World War II, Baruch became active in the Zionist movement and was instrumental in relocting Jewish people to Palestine and the United States. He was briefly jailed in France on suspicion of terroism charges and authored his first book, "Flight From Fear".
Returning to the United States, he became the long serving rabbi of Congregation Agudath Achim where he is rabbi emertus.
In a rather early retirement, he took on the role of a political activist-eventually befriending President Richard Nixon. During the Watergate era, he became one of President Nixon's staunchest allies and defenders. This was done despite Nixon's widely regarded disposiiton to anti-semetic rhetoric. It was at this juncture that he became known as "Nixon's Rabbi".
From this experience, Baruch Korff founded the National Citizens Committee for Fairness to the Presidency and wrote two books: "The Personal Nixon - Staying on the Summit" and "The President and I". Near the end of his life, he made the assertion that noted television reporter Diane Sawyer was Deep Throat.
Rabbi Korff was married and divorced twice and he was the father of three children. His daughter Zamira is an executive with Combinded Jewish Philanthropies in Boston.
Rabbi,author,activist,political advisor. Known as "Nixon's Rabbi". Baruch Korff was born in present day Ukraine as the son of Grand Rabbi Jacob Israel Korff and Gittel Goldman Korff. He is a member of an unbroken chain of rabbis dating back eight centuries and he is a direct descendant of Ba'al Shem the founder of Chassidic Judaism.
As a young boy, he witnessed the murder of his mother by a mob in the Jewish Pogroms and this event had a profound effect on him that remained for the rest of his life. He was initially removed to Poland where he was schooled by an uncle and then in 1926 he immigrated to the United States where he rejoined his family and was Bar Mitzvahed.
He then returned to Poland where he studied to be a rabbi and where he was ordained.
During World War II, Baruch became active in the Zionist movement and was instrumental in relocting Jewish people to Palestine and the United States. He was briefly jailed in France on suspicion of terroism charges and authored his first book, "Flight From Fear".
Returning to the United States, he became the long serving rabbi of Congregation Agudath Achim where he is rabbi emertus.
In a rather early retirement, he took on the role of a political activist-eventually befriending President Richard Nixon. During the Watergate era, he became one of President Nixon's staunchest allies and defenders. This was done despite Nixon's widely regarded disposiiton to anti-semetic rhetoric. It was at this juncture that he became known as "Nixon's Rabbi".
From this experience, Baruch Korff founded the National Citizens Committee for Fairness to the Presidency and wrote two books: "The Personal Nixon - Staying on the Summit" and "The President and I". Near the end of his life, he made the assertion that noted television reporter Diane Sawyer was Deep Throat.
Rabbi Korff was married and divorced twice and he was the father of three children. His daughter Zamira is an executive with Combinded Jewish Philanthropies in Boston.
As a young boy, he witnessed the murder of his mother by a mob in the Jewish Pogroms and this event had a profound effect on him that remained for the rest of his life. He was initially removed to Poland where he was schooled by an uncle and then in 1926 he immigrated to the United States where he rejoined his family and was Bar Mitzvahed.
He then returned to Poland where he studied to be a rabbi and where he was ordained.
During World War II, Baruch became active in the Zionist movement and was instrumental in relocting Jewish people to Palestine and the United States. He was briefly jailed in France on suspicion of terroism charges and authored his first book, "Flight From Fear".
Returning to the United States, he became the long serving rabbi of Congregation Agudath Achim where he is rabbi emertus.
In a rather early retirement, he took on the role of a political activist-eventually befriending President Richard Nixon. During the Watergate era, he became one of President Nixon's staunchest allies and defenders. This was done despite Nixon's widely regarded disposiiton to anti-semetic rhetoric. It was at this juncture that he became known as "Nixon's Rabbi".
From this experience, Baruch Korff founded the National Citizens Committee for Fairness to the Presidency and wrote two books: "The Personal Nixon - Staying on the Summit" and "The President and I". Near the end of his life, he made the assertion that noted television reporter Diane Sawyer was Deep Throat.
Rabbi Korff was married and divorced twice and he was the father of three children. His daughter Zamira is an executive with Combinded Jewish Philanthropies in Boston.
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