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Reuben R. Rinder papers, 1907-1966.
BANC MSS 2010/692 oversize folder 1; BANC MSS 2010/692 carton 1; BANC MSS 2010/692; BANC MSS 2010/692
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Title:
Reuben R. Rinder papers, 1907-1966Creator/Contributor:
Rinder, Reuben R., 1887-1966, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 235.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1970.005.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeCreator/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---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
Board of Rabbis of Northern California.
Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, Calif.)
Tizmoret ha-Erets-Yiśreʼelit.
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
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.
Reuben R. Rinder papers, BANC MSS 2010/692, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
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.
Materials in English.
Type:
Awards-California-San Francisco.Certificates-California-San Francisco.
Correspondence-California-San Francisco.
Photographs-California-San Francisco.
Programs-California-San Francisco.
Physical Description:
1 carton and 1 oversize folder (1 linear foot)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585255
BANC MSS 2010/692 oversize folder 1
BANC MSS 2010/692 carton 1
BANC MSS 2010/692
BANC MSS 2010/692
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.