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Irving Reichert papers, 1909-1967.
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Irving Reichert papers, 1909-1967Creator/Contributor:
Reichert, Irving F. (Irving Frederick), 1895-1968, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 233.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1967.005.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, sermons, and speeches by Irving Reichert. In addition, the collection also contains
publications and clippings.
Date:
1909 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJews -- California -- San Francisco
Jewish marriage customs and rites -- History
Synagogues -- California -- San Francisco
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco
Mariage -- Rites et cérémonies juifs -- Histoire
Jewish marriage customs and rites
Jews
Synagogues
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Religious life and customs
California -- San Francisco
American Council for Judaism.
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.)
American Council for Judaism
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.)
Reichert, Irving F. (Irving Frederick) -- 1895-1968 -- Archives
Reichert, Irving F. (Irving Frederick) -- 1895-1968
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 233.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1967.005.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Irving Reichert, ordained in 1921, was the rabbi of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El from 1930 to 1947. Before that,
he held rabbinates in New York. Reichert was an outspoken defender of social justice and the liberal tradition, and he was
deeply committed to improvement of interfaith relations. He served as the President of the Northern California Board of Rabbis
from 1934 to 1936; as an officer of the American Civil Liberties Union and the California Council of Social Work; and on numerous
professional and civic organizations. He visited Nazi Germany in 1933 and in 1937. During this time, he urged members of San
Francisco's Jewish community to help rescue those Jews who fled Hitler's Third Reich and to boycott German goods. In addition,
he founded the Campaign for Relief of Victims of Nazi Oppression. He also founded the Survey Committee, a forerunner of San
Francisco's Jewish Community Relations Council, and served as a panel chair on the National War Labor Board. In 1943, Reichert's
election as vice-president of the American Council for Judaism, an anti-Zionist organization, caused dissension among members
of Congregation Emanu-El. In 1948, after he left Congregation Emanu-El, he became the executive director of the American Council
for Judaism's western region. In 1956, he resigned from that organization.
Preferred citation: Irving Reichert papers, BANC MSS 2010/789, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
correspondence.sermons.
Sermons
Archives
History
Sermons.
Sermons.
Physical Description:
2.95 (2 1 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006565365
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.