Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, records undated, 1920, 1928, 1930-1931, 1934-1936, 1938, 1940-1983

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Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, records undated, 1920, 1928, 1930-1931, 1934-1936, 1938, 1940-1983

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Contains the by-laws and official minutes of the Board of Directors (1943-1968) and correspondence of the various Board committees as well as policy statements of the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, and correspondence and records of the annual and regional conferences (incomplete). Includes financial reports (1945-1968), information on allocations from Jewish community federations (1955-1962), and correspondence and records of various fund-raising programs. Contains the correspondence and reports of various projects and activities of the Foundation, most important of which are the Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Fellowships, the Rabbinical Fellowship, and Youth Fellowship. Also contains reports of staff meetings and correspondence of the Presidents, individual staff members, and the general correspondence of the Foundation. Of special importance in the last group are the letters of Mordecai M. Kaplan and Ira Eisenstein. Includes the minutes and correspondence of the Editorial Board (1942-1953, 1956-1960) of the Reconstructionist magazine as well as manuscripts submitted and general correspondence of the Editor (1934, 1945-1952, 1957-1967), information on the other publications of the Foundation as well as copies of pamphlets, brochures, and news releases issued by the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, and newspaper clippings reflecting on their activities. In the correspondence are letters from Martin Buber, J. Edgar Hoover, and Albert Schweitzer.

40.75 linear feet (81 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 4 oversized folders)

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Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983

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Mordecai M. Kaplan was a rabbi, essayist and Professor of Homiletics, later Philosophies of Religion, and Dean of the Teachers Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Kaplan (1881-1983) was founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Judaism. ...

Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation

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[This Finding Aid is still a work in progress. There is no finished Historical Note for this collection] From the guide to the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, records, undated, 1920, 1928, 1930-1931, 1934-1936, 1938, 1940-1983, (American Jewish Historical Society) ...

Schweitzer, Albert

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Alsatian medical missionary, theologian, musician and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters in German signed (5) : Lambarene, Gabon, to Count Janos Hoyos, a physician in the U.S., 1958 Feb. 6-1960 June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634614 Epithet: theologian philosopher and organist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00015f Alsatian philosopher, theologian, or...

Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

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Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...

Eisenstein, Ira, 1906-2001

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Rabbi Ira Eisenstein (November 26, 1906 – June 28, 2001) was an American rabbi who founded Reconstructionist Judaism, along with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, his teacher and, later, father-in-law through his marriage to Judith Kaplan, over a period of time spanning from the late 1920s to the 1940s. Reconstructionist Judaism formally became a distinct denomination within Judaism with the foundation of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 1968, where he was the founding president....

Buber, Martin, 1878-1965

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Buber was a German-Jewish religious philosopher, biblical translator and interpreter, and master of German prose style. Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann were daughters of the Austrian dramatist and poet Richard Beer-Hofmann and Pauline Lissey. From the description of Letters to Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann, 1961-1965. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78544052 Buber was a Jewish philosopher, who taught in Frankfurt, 1924-1933, and Jerusalem, 1938-1951. ...