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Joseph Rabinowitz papers, 1874-1960 (bulk 1920-1943).
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Joseph Rabinowitz papers, 1874-1960 (bulk 1920-1943)Creator/Contributor:
Rabinowitz, Joseph, 1891-1943, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1998.004.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains copies of photographs of Cantor Rabinowitz; a telegram he received from the San Francisco Zionist
District Committee after serving as a cantor for 40 years (1930); photocopies of newspaper clippings about the Cantor's 45
years of service (1935); a speech Rabinowitz delivered on his 50th anniversary of being Beth Israel's Cantor (1940); and an
invitation to a service honoring Rabinowitz's 53 years of service to Beth Israel. The collection also has a notebook of Rabinowitz
that has copies of prayers and handwritten funeral orations, as well as published prayer books and a 100th anniversary album
for Congregation Beth Israel (1960).
Date:
1920 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caRabinowitz, Joseph -- 1891-1943 -- Archives
Congregation Beth Israel (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jews -- California -- San Francisco
Synagogues -- California -- San Francisco
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Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1998.004.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Joseph Rabinowitz papers, BANC MSS 2010/936, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Joseph Rabinowitz was a Cantor for San Francisco's Congregation Beth Israel.
Materials in English and Yiddish.
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Photographs.Physical Description:
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English
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