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Magnes collection on the San Francisco Chapter of the American Council for Judaism, 1943-1970.
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Magnes collection on the San Francisco Chapter of the American Council for Judaism, 1943-1970Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 005.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1967.008.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists of a small number of original documents, including correspondence, booklets and brochures, and clippings.
Much of the collection consists of photocopies of the original Bay Area materials in the American Council for Judaism collection
at the Wisconsin Historical Society. These photocopied materials include correspondence, minutes, reports, speeches, sermons,
and membership lists dating from 1943 through 1949. Included is an extensive exchange between San Francisco Chapter members
Hattie Hecht Sloss and Rabbi Irving Reichert, on the one hand, and the ACJ's national director, Rabbi Elmer Berger, on the
other hand, on national policy and local community activity. The collection also provides insight into the San Francisco Chapter's
views on resettlement, Jewish political nationalism, and Palestine.
Date:
1943 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-ny -- a-is---Land settlement
Jewish nationalism
Judaism and state
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Political participation
Zionism
Zionism and Judaism
Colonisation intérieure
Nationalisme juif
Judaïsme et État
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco
Participation politique
Sionisme -- Aspect religieux -- Judaïsme
land settlement
Jewish nationalism
Jews
Judaism and state
Land settlement
Political participation
Zionism
Zionism and Judaism
Palestine
California -- San Francisco
Middle East -- Palestine
American Council for Judaism. -- San Francisco Chapter -- Archives
Reichert, Irving F. (Irving Frederick) -- 1895-1968
Sloss, Hattie Hecht
Berger, Elmer -- 1908-1996
Berger, Elmer -- 1908-1996
Reichert, Irving F. (Irving Frederick) -- 1895-1968
Sloss, Hattie Hecht
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 005.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1967.008.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Originals in the American Council for Judaism records (US MSS BJ) at the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison,
Wisconsin 53706.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
The American Council for Judaism was an anti-Zionist organization formed in 1943 with regional chapters in Richmond, Dallas,
Chicago and San Francisco. It was committed to the principle that Judaism is a religion, not a nationality, and it rejected
national rights or obligations for American Jews that were other than American. The San Francisco Chapter, initially under
the leadership of Rabbi Irving Reichert, Monroe E. Deutsch, and Hattie Hecht Sloss, was the most active chapter of the ACJ
in the nation.
Preferred citation: Magnes collection on the San Francisco Chapter of the American Council for Judaism, BANC MSS 2010/713,
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
Speeches, addresses, etc.Photograph
Minutes.
reports.
sermons.
membership lists.
bulletins.
photographs.
Sermons
Photographs
Archives
Sermons.
Photographs.
Sermons.
Registres des membres.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
print
1 box (.4 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2008576580
http://magnes.org/scholars/research-information/research-request-form
http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156545
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.