David Philipson

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American Jew Jewish religious leader Reform rabbi author historian of Judaism rabbi

David Philipson was a prominent American Reform rabbi, scholar, and leader in the early 20th-century Jewish community.

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Label	Occurrences
David Philipson canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9588711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: David Philipson
Context triple: [Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, notableBurial, David Philipson]

A. David Phillips
David Phillips was a film cinematographer best known for his work on the 1995 drama "The Basketball Diaries" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
B. David Baulcombe
David Baulcombe is a British plant scientist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA silencing and gene regulation in plants.
C. Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
D. Stephen Lipson
Stephen Lipson is a British record producer, guitarist, and songwriter known for his work with artists such as Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
E. David Richards
David Richards was a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his work with bands like Queen and artists such as David Bowie, particularly at Mountain Studios in Montreux.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: David Philipson
Target entity description: David Philipson was a prominent American Reform rabbi, scholar, and leader in the early 20th-century Jewish community.

A. David Phillips
David Phillips was a film cinematographer best known for his work on the 1995 drama "The Basketball Diaries" starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
B. David Baulcombe
David Baulcombe is a British plant scientist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA silencing and gene regulation in plants.
C. Ian Gilroy
Ian Gilroy is a musician best known as a former member of the New Zealand rock band The Swingers.
D. Stephen Lipson
Stephen Lipson is a British record producer, guitarist, and songwriter known for his work with artists such as Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
E. David Richards
David Richards was a British record producer and audio engineer best known for his work with bands like Queen and artists such as David Bowie, particularly at Mountain Studios in Montreux.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Jew ⓘ Jewish religious leader ⓘ Reform rabbi ⓘ author ⓘ historian of Judaism ⓘ rabbi ⓘ
birthDate	1862-08-11 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1949-02-02 ⓘ
denomination	Reform Judaism ⓘ
educatedAt	Hebrew Union College ⓘ linked to: Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion University of Cincinnati ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jews ⓘ
familyName	Philipson ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Jewish history ⓘ Jewish-Christian relations ⓘ Reform Judaism ⓘ
genre	Jewish studies ⓘ religious history ⓘ
givenName	David ⓘ
influenced	American Reform Jewish thought ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Central Conference of American Rabbis ⓘ
movement	Reform Judaism ⓘ
name	David Philipson ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to early 20th-century American Jewish life ⓘ leadership in American Reform Judaism ⓘ
notableWork	Old European Jewries ⓘ The Jew in English Fiction ⓘ The Reform Movement in Judaism ⓘ linked to: Reform Movement in Israel
occupation	author ⓘ rabbi ⓘ scholar ⓘ
participatedIn	development of the Pittsburgh Platform of Reform Judaism ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ linked to: Cincinnati United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld	president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis ⓘ rabbi of Rockdale Temple, Cincinnati ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
spokeAt	Pittsburgh Conference of Reform Rabbis ⓘ linked to: Central Conference of American Rabbis
subjectOf	history of Reform Judaism in America ⓘ
workLocation	Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ linked to: Cincinnati
wroteAbout	Jewish emancipation in Europe ⓘ Reform liturgy ⓘ portrayal of Jews in English literature ⓘ