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Jacob Nieto papers, 1882-1931.
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Jacob Nieto papers, 1882-1931Creator/Contributor:
Nieto, Jacob, 1863-1930, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 223.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1969.023.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
Correspondence; reports; rabbinical and congregational materials; documents; articles; newspaper clippings; speeches and sermons;
photographs; and genealogical materials.
Date:
1882 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us--- -- e-uk-enJews -- California -- San Francisco
Prejudices -- United States
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906
Synagogues -- California -- San Francisco
Synagogues -- England -- Sheffield
Spanish-American War, 1898
World War, 1914-1918
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco
Préjugés -- États-Unis
Tremblement de terre de San Francisco, Calif., 1906
Guerre hispano-américaine, 1898
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
Jews
Prejudices
Synagogues
Territorial expansion
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Genealogy
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Religious life and customs
Sheffield (England) -- Religious life and customs
United States -- Territorial expansion
United States -- Colonial question
États-Unis -- Expansion territoriale
California
California -- San Francisco
England -- Sheffield
United States
Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, Calif.)
Freemasons -- California -- San Francisco
Francs-maçons -- Californie -- San Francisco
Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, Calif.)
Freemasons
Nieto, Jacob -- 1863-1930 -- Archives
Nieto family
Nieto, Jacob -- 1863-1930
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 223.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1969.023.
COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Scrapbooks: Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3434.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Before serving as rabbi of San Francisco's Congregation Sherith Israel (1893-1930), Jacob Nieto was first a rabbi in Sheffield,
England (1889-1892). Nieto was widely recognized as an impassioned and spellbinding orator and a champion of humanitarian
causes and controversial issues, as well as a supporter of the Spanish-American War and manifest destiny. He served as a president
of the Anti-Capital Punishment League and as president of the San Francisco branch of the National Industrial Peace Association.
Together with Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El, Nieto played a role in the reorganization of
the Young Men's Hebrew Association. Nieto also served on the Board of Governors of San Francisco's Jewish Education Society;
as president of the Board of Ministers of Northern California; as president of the Western Association of Jewish Ministers;
as president of B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 4; as the Grand Orator and Chaplain of the Free and Accepted Masons
of California; and as one of the original members of the San Francisco Council of the Boy Scouts. After the 1906 earthquake,
Rabbi Nieto organized disinfection work and was in charge of issuing passes to those who wished to leave San Francisco. He
continued to serve as rabbi of Sherith Israel after the earthquake, when the congregation's synagogue served temporarily as
a courtroom. In 1916, he advised merchants and labor union members to join against the "well-fed paunches from Montgomery
Street" who were sending them out to die, but he did support America's efforts in World War I after the United States declared
war. He wrote and preached forcefully against local attempts at converting Jews and the presentation of the Passion Play in
Freiburg, Germany. He also cooperated with Catholic priests to fight the anti-Catholic organization, the American Protective
Association. He also supported rights for blacks and women and fought against the white slave trade. He also wrote treatises,
plays, and poetry and he contributed to and/or served as the editor of the New Occident; the Jewish Journal; the Jewish Times;
and was a feature writer for the San Francisco Bulletin, which carried his column "Without Prejudice: a Look at Current Problems."
Jacob Nieto papers, BANC MSS 2010/499, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Type:
Jewish sermonsSpeeches, addresses, etc., American
correspondence.
Genealogies.
photographs.
reports.
phonograph records.
Photographs
Archives
Genealogy
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
microfilm reel
7 (1 2 3 1
3 positive
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006565992
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.