Abraham Benedict Rhine (September 6, 1877 – August 8, 1941) was a Lithuanian-American rabbi who ministered in Hot Springs, Arkansas for nearly 40 years.
[4] Rhine was a director of the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado, a founder and executive secretary of the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital, a member of the Hebrew Union College board of governors,[5] and a founder and honorary president of the Arkansas Jewish Assembly.
A contributor to The Jewish Encyclopedia, his published works include Leon Gordon in 1910, Tales from the Midrash in 1911, a five-volume translation of Heinrich Graetz's Popular History of the Jews in 1919, and The Essence of the Bible in 1930.
[4] Raisin was an executive committee member of the Arkansas Tuberculosis Association, vice-president of the Hot Springs Community Chest, co-editor of the H.U.C.
Journal from 1901 to 1902, editor of Hot Springs' The Jewish Advocate from 1905 to 1906,[2] chairman of the Garland County Unemployment Committee from 1932 to 1934, a trustee of the Arkansas School for Girls from 1922 to 1932, and a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the American Academy for Jewish Research, B'nai B'rith, the Freemasons, and the Rotary Club.