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Reuben R. Rinder papers, 1907-1966.
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Reuben R. Rinder papers, 1907-1966Creator/Contributor:
Rinder, Reuben R., 1887-1966, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 235.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1970.005.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
The collection consists of correspondence; cantorial materials; musical arrangements, compositions and programs; biographical
materials; certificates and honors; some of Rinder's writings and speeches; items from Rinder's tenure at Temple Emanu-El;
and photographs. The correspondence consists of general correspondence as well as correspondence on particular topics (such
as the commissioning of Chagall for a window at Emanu-El and Rinder's liturgical research trip to Israel) and correspondence
with prominent individuals. Among the correspondents in the collection are the following: Ansel Adams; Abraham W. Binder;
Henry Cowell; Monroe Deutsch; Mischa Elman; Enrique Jorda; Louis Lurie; Dorothy Warenskjold; and Rabbis Stephen Wise, Rudolph
Coffee, David de Sola Pool, Ernest Bloch, Darius Milhaud, Marc Lavry, Paul Ben-Haim, and Frederick Jacobi (the last five of
these are composers commissioned by Rinder to write music for Emanu-El). The collection also includes correspondence on child
prodigies (including Yehudi Menuhin; Isaac Stern; and Miriam Solovieff) whom Rinder encouraged and for whom he found sponsors.
Other notable items in the collection include: copies of Rinder's histories of the Board of Rabbis of Northern California
and Congregation Emanu-El, together with minutes from Emanu-El (1957) discussing mixed marriages; two conversion certificates;
correspondence from Bronislaw Huberman relating to the founding (1936) of the Palestine Orchestra which was composed of refugees
escaping Nazi Germany, for which Rinder was the first to collect funds.
Date:
1907 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- a-is--- -- e-gx---Fund raising
Gifted children
Intermarriage
Jews -- California
Jews -- Music
Liturgics -- Israel
Musicians -- Correspondence
Rabbis -- Correspondence
Jewish refugees -- Germany
Synagogue architecture -- California -- San Francisco
Synagogue music
Cantors (Judaism) -- California -- San Francisco
Fund Raising
Child, Gifted
Collecte de fonds
Enfants surdoués
Mariage mixte
Juifs -- Californie
Juifs -- Musique
Liturgie -- Israël
Musiciens -- Correspondance
Rabbins -- Correspondance
Réfugiés juifs -- Allemagne
Architecture synagogale -- Californie -- San Francisco
Musique synagogale
Cantors (Judaïsme) -- Californie -- San Francisco
fund raising
gifted (people)
Cantors (Judaism)
Fund raising
Gifted children
Intermarriage
Jewish refugees
Jews
Liturgics
Musicians
Rabbis
Synagogue architecture
Synagogue music
California
California -- San Francisco
Germany
Israel
Board of Rabbis of Northern California.
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.)
Tizmoret ha-Erets-Yiśreʼelit.
Board of Rabbis of Northern California
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.)
Tizmoret ha-Erets-Yiśreʼelit
Rinder, Reuben R -- 1887-1966 -- Archives
Adams, Ansel -- 1902-1984 -- Correspondence
Ben-Haim, Paul -- 1897-1984
Binder, Abraham Wolf -- 1895-1966 -- Correspondence
Bloch, Ernest -- 1880-1959 -- Correspondence
Coffee, Rudolph I. (Rudolph Isaac) -- 1878-1955 -- Correspondence
Cowell, Henry -- 1897-1965 -- Correspondence
Deutsch, Monroe E. (Monroe Emanuel) -- 1879-1955 -- Correspondence
Elman, Mischa -- 1891-1967 -- Correspondence
Huberman, Bronislaw -- Correspondence
Jacobi, Frederick -- 1891-1952
Jordá, Enrique -- Correspondence
Lavry, Marc -- 1903-1967
Lurie, Louis -- 1888-1972 -- Correspondence
Menuhin, Yehudi -- 1916-1999
Milhaud, Darius -- 1892-1974
Pool, David de Sola -- 1885-1970 -- Correspondence
Solovieff, Miriam
Stern, Isaac -- 1920-2001
Warenskjold, Dorothy -- Correspondence
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) -- 1874-1949 -- Correspondence
Adams, Ansel -- 1902-1984
Ben-Haim, Paul -- 1897-1984
Binder, Abraham Wolf -- 1895-1966
Bloch, Ernest -- 1880-1959
Coffee, Rudolph I. (Rudolph Isaac) -- 1878-1955
Cowell, Henry -- 1897-1965
Deutsch, Monroe E. (Monroe Emanuel) -- 1879-1955
Elman, Mischa -- 1891-1967
Huberman, Bronislaw
Jacobi, Frederick -- 1891-1952
Jordá, Enrique
Lavry, Marc -- 1903-1967
Lurie, Louis -- 1888-1972
Menuhin, Yehudi -- 1916-1999
Milhaud, Darius -- 1892-1974
Pool, David de Sola -- 1885-1970
Rinder, Reuben R -- 1887-1966
Solovieff, Miriam
Stern, Isaac -- 1920-2001
Warenskjold, Dorothy
Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) -- 1874-1949
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 235.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1970.005.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Reuben Rinder served as the cantor of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El (1913-1959) and as its cantor emeritus (1959-1966).
He discovered and promoted musical prodigies and liturgical works, as well as composing his own music. He founded the Society
for the Advancement of Synagogue Music. He also participated in civic and religious community organizations including: the
Salvation Army; the College of the Sacred Heart (a high school); the Music and Arts Institute; the International Institute
for Service to Immigrants and New Americans; the San Francisco Theological Seminary; the Florence Crittenton Home; the San
Francisco Browning Society; the Convocation of Religion for World Peace; the Jewish Education Society; the Community Chest;
and the Ritual Committee of Emanu-El. In addition, he served as the chaplain of the Guild of Organists; taught in the College
of Jewish Studies; prepared children of Eastern European families at the Esther Hellman Settlement House, in the San Bruno
District, for confirmation at Emanu-El; and conducted many interfaith services.
Reuben R. Rinder papers, BANC MSS 2010/692, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
AwardsPhotograph
certificates.
correspondence.
photographs.
Programs.
Photographs
Archives
Music
Personal correspondence
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
print
1.0 (1 1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585255
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.