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Maurice A. Lazowick papers, 1919-1981.
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Title:
Maurice A. Lazowick papers, 1919-1981Creator/Contributor:
Lazowick, Maurice A., 1901-1994, creatorAbstract:
Contains photographs of and newspaper clippings about Rabbi Lazowick; copies of letters that Lazowick wrote and received;
a copy of a sermon he wrote and delivered about Israel (5 Oct. 1948); programs for various events at which Lazowick spoke;
certificates and resolutions given in honor or recognition of him; and an issue of the "Reno Israelite" that has a short article
about him (Apr. 1973).
Date:
1919 (issued)Subject:
n-usp-- -- a-is---Jews -- West (U.S.)
Rabbis -- West (U.S.)
Jews
Rabbis
Israel
West (U.S.) -- Religious life and customs -- 20th century
Israel
West United States
Rabbis
Note:
The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Judah L. Magnes Museum, Western Jewish
History Center, Berkeley, Calif.
Collection open for research.
Gift; Lazowick estate; Jan. 1994.
Ordained a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York, in 1924. He first served as a rabbi in Chicago, Ill., at
congregations Shaare Zedek and B'nai Jacob. Then, he started serving a number of congregations in the west: Congregation Beth
Jacob in Fresno, Calif. (1954-1959); the communities of Chula Vista, Calif., and Scottsdale, Ariz., Temple Har Zion in Sepulveda,
Calif.; Temple Beth El in Santa Cruz, Calif.; and Congregation Emanu-El in Reno, Nev. (1971-1976). He served as President
of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and of the Santa Cruz Ministers Association. In 1974, a doctor of divinity degree was conferred
on him. He died on 4 June 1994.
Materials in English.
Type:
Photographcertificates.
photographs.
Programs.
Resolutions.
Jewish sermons, American.
Photographs
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
print
.25 linear in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
2008574670
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Collection open for research.