Temple Israel (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Temple Israel (Boston, Mass.) Records

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Temple Israel was founded as Congregation Adath Israel in 1854 when a group of German Jews broke from Congregation Ohabei Shalom. The congregation was also known as the Pleasant Street Synagogue. In 1859, the congregation purchased cemetery land in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The synagogue was, and remains, a Reform congregation, and has been home to well known Rabbis, including Joshua Loth Liebman and Roland B. Gittelsohn. This collection contains flyers, newsletters, pamphlets, sermons and a yearbook.

2.25 linear feet (4 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box)

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Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society

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Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995

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Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Mass.)

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Temple Israel (Boston, MA)

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Temple Israel, Boston, Massachusetts Temple Israel was founded as Congregation Adath Israel in 1854, when a group of German Jews broke from Congregation Ohabei Shalom. Also known as the Pleasant Street Synagogue, in 1859 the congregation purchased land for a cemetery in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The synagogue was, and remains, a Reform congregation. In 1864, Nathan Strauss and fellow congregants of Adath Israel (Temple Israel) and Ohabei Shalom formed the Uni...

Liebman, Joshua Loth, 1907-1948

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Joshua Loth Liebman (1907-1948) Joshua Loth Liebman was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on April 7, 1907, to Simon and Sabina (Loth) Liebman. After earning his A.B. from the University of Cincinnati in 1926, Liebman studied at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, and was ordained as a Rabbi in 1930. A scholar and committed Zionist, Rabbi Liebman was also the author of Peace of Mind (1946) as well as a radio commentator on Jewish issues. In 1939, Rabbi Liebman became t...

Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)

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Located in the Roxbury area of Boston. From the description of Records, 1919-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961548 ...