Replaced 1 bare URLs by {{Cite web}}← Previous revisionRevision as of 18:36, 8 October 2026 Line 39: Line 39: }} }} '''Wolf Gunther Plaut''' (November 1, 1912 – February 8, 2012) was an American [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[rabbi]] and author of a [[Torah]] commentaryhttps://www.jpost.com/jewish-world/jewish-news/article-257446 (obituary): "Plaut's best known work is ''The Torah: A Modern Commentary'', which was first printed in 1981 and is now in its 13th edition. The book has sold nearly 120,000 copies to date and is used in most Reform Jewish congregations in North America."https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2012/02/18/gunther-plaut-rabbi-created-modern-torah/xnKKMfv7CDkY1tijPiQuNJ/story.html {{Bare URL inline|date=October 2026}} who was based in Canada. Plaut was the rabbi of [[Holy Blossom Temple]] in [[Toronto]] for several decades and from 1978 was its senior scholar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/plaut-w-gunther|title=W. Gunther Plaut|last=Drache|first=Sharon|newspaper=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}} '''Wolf Gunther Plaut''' (November 1, 1912 – February 8, 2012) was an American [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[rabbi]] and author of a [[Torah]] commentaryhttps://www.jpost.com/jewish-world/jewish-news/article-257446 (obituary): "Plaut's best known work is ''The Torah: A Modern Commentary'', which was first printed in 1981 and is now in its 13th edition. The book has sold nearly 120,000 copies to date and is used in most Reform Jewish congregations in North America."{{Cite web | title=W. Gunther Plaut, 99; rabbi created modern Torah - The Boston Globe | url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2012/02/18/gunther-plaut-rabbi-created-modern-torah/xnKKMfv7CDkY1tijPiQuNJ/story.html | access-date=2026-10-08 | website=www.bostonglobe.com}} who was based in Canada. Plaut was the rabbi of [[Holy Blossom Temple]] in [[Toronto]] for several decades and from 1978 was its senior scholar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/plaut-w-gunther|title=W. Gunther Plaut|last=Drache|first=Sharon|newspaper=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|language=en|access-date=2017-01-30}} ==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==