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Louis Newman papers, 1915-1972Creator/Contributor:
Newman, Louis I. (Louis Israel), 1893-1972, creatorAbstract:
Correspondence; photographs; periodicals and bulletins; brochures; fliers; sermons (1967-1968); memorials; papers about the
Palestine Mandate; and other writings. Some of the photographs are of the exterior and interior of San Francisco's Congregation
Emanu-El and of Rabbis Louis Newman and Martin A. Meyer, Cantor Reuben Rinder, and Mrs. Hannah Gerstle. The collection's letters
reveal Newman's ideals and his opinions about the rabbinate, Judaism, and culture, and contain gossip and information about
San Francisco Bay Area citizens and rabbis. The letters also provide some insight into the character of Newman and Martin
Meyer. Also has letters from Nahum Sokolow; W. Ormsby-Gore; Julian Mack; Chaim Weizmann; and Rabbis Stephen S. Wise, Rudolph
Coffee, and Edgar Magnin; together with a copy of Newman's doctoral thesis for Columbia (1924), published as "The Jewish Influence
on Christian Reform Movements" (1925); a report on the 1928 Emanu-El production of "The Dybbuk"; an article about Toby Rosenthal
and Rabbis Julius Eckman, Elkan Cohn, and Henry A. Henry; and a copy of Newman's memorial eulogy for Meyer. It also has correspondence
from Palestine of members of various Zionist agencies and of individuals who implemented the British Mandate (1920); preliminary
and final drafts of the Palestine Mandate; and an account of the United Nations Partition Decision on Palestine (1947).
Date:
1915 (issued)Subject:
a-is--- -- n-us-caChristianity and other religions -- Judaism
Church history
Jews -- California -- Berkeley
Mandates -- Palestine
Rabbis -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Correspondence
Rabbis -- Office
Synagogue architecture -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Zionism
Christianisme -- Relations -- Judaïsme
Église -- Histoire
Juifs -- Californie -- Berkeley
Mandats internationaux -- Palestine
Rabbins -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Correspondance
Rabbins -- Fonction
Architecture synagogale -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
church history
Christianity
Church history
Interfaith relations
Jews
Judaism
Mandates
Politics and government
Rabbis
Rabbis -- Office
Synagogue architecture
Zionism
Palestine -- History -- Proposed partition, 1937
Palestine -- History -- Partition, 1947
Palestine -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Palestine -- Histoire -- 1937 (Plan de partage)
Palestine -- Histoire -- 1947 (Partage)
Palestine -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle
California -- Berkeley
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Middle East -- Palestine
Dibeḳ (An-Ski, S.)
Columbia University -- Dissertations
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco) -- Photographs
United Nations -- Palestine
Columbia University.
United Nations.
An-Ski, S -- 1863-1920
Cohn, Elkan
Eckman, Julius -- 1805-1874
Henry, H. A. (Henry Abraham) -- 1800-1879
Rosenthal, Toby Edward -- approximately 1848-1917
Meyer, Martin A. (Martin Abraham) -- 1879-1923
Rinder, Reuben R -- 1887-1966 -- Photographs
Coffee, Rudolph I. (Rudolph Isaac) -- 1878-1955 -- Correspondence
Mack, Julian W. (Julian William) -- 1866-1943 -- Correspondence
Magnin, Edgar F. (Edgar Fogel) -- 1890-1984 -- Correspondence
Ormsby-Gore, William George Arthur -- 1885-1964 -- Correspondence
Sokolow, Nahum -- 1859-1936 -- Correspondence
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) -- 1874-1949 -- Correspondence
Weizmann, Chaim -- 1874-1952 -- Correspondence
Coffee, Rudolph I. (Rudolph Isaac) -- 1878-1955
Cohn, Elkan
Eckman, Julius -- 1805-1874
Henry, H. A. (Henry Abraham) -- 1800-1879
Mack, Julian W. (Julian William) -- 1866-1943
Magnin, Edgar F. (Edgar Fogel) -- 1890-1984
Meyer, Martin A. (Martin Abraham) -- 1879-1923
Ormsby-Gore, William George Arthur -- 1885-1964
Rinder, Reuben R -- 1887-1966
Rosenthal, Toby Edward -- approximately 1848-1917
Sokolow, Nahum -- 1859-1936
Weizmann, Chaim -- 1874-1952
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) -- 1874-1949
Rabbis
Note:
Formerly known as Collection Number 221.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Louis Newman was the rabbi of the First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley (1913-1916); worked with the Menorah Club of the Intercollegiate
Menorah Association for the Study and Advancement of Jewish Culture and Ideals (1917-1920); assisted Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
in New York City (1916-1921); and served as the associate rabbi for New York City's Temple Israel (1921-1924); the rabbi of
San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El (1924-1930); and as the rabbi of New York City's Congregation Rodeph Shalom (1930-1972).
He also was a co-founder of the American Friends of Jewish Palestine; a member of the Zionist Revisionist Movement; an organizer
for the Academy of Liberal Judaism; and an observer for the Central Conference of American Rabbis at the United Nations (1946-1953).
Materials in English.
Type:
PhotographAcademic Dissertation
correspondence.
photographs.
theses.
Academic theses.
History.
Photographs.
Personal correspondence.
Photographs.
Academic theses.
Photographies.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Physical Description:
1 linear ft
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585274
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.