Herman H. and Mignon L. Rubenovitz papers

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Herman H. and Mignon L. Rubenovitz papers

1905-1965

General correspondence, 1907-1965, concerning Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA), Conservative Judaism, Zionism, the Jewish community in Boston, chaplaincy, education, interfaith relations, and World War II. Reports, minutes, bulletins, correspondence, and clippings concerning JTSA and JTSA Alumni Association, 1910-1911; Committee on the Interpretation of Jewish Law of the Rabbinical Assembly, 1919-1943; Commission on the Future of Judaism, 1942; United Synagogue of America, 1913-1963; Associated Synagogue of Greater Boston and New England, 1928-1956; Rabbinic Assembly of Boston, 1935-1950; Congregation Mishkan Tefilah, Boston, 1910-1963; and Adas Jeshurun, Louisville, Ky., 1907-1919. Also, manuscript articles, lectures, and sermons by Rubenovitz; records of marriages he performed, 1910-1930; scrapbook on Mishkan Tefilah and other matters, 1905-1916; and miscellaneous other material. Also included is a scrapbook, 1921-1964, with clippings, invitations, notices, and programs belonging to Mignon L. Rubenovitz. Correspondents include Cyrus Adler, Max Arzt, Leonard Bernstein, Louis D. Brandeis, Moshe Davis, Louis Finkelstein, Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983), Judah L. Magnes, Solomon Schechter, and others.

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Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983

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Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940

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Schechter, Solomon, 1847-1915

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Davis, Moshe, 1926-

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Adas Jeshurun (Louisville, Ky.)

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Congregation Mishkan Tefilah (Boston, Mass.)

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Alumni Association.

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Associated Synagogue of Greater Boston and New England.

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Rubenovitz, Herman H. 1883-1966

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Conservative rabbi, Zionist activist. Rubenovitz was a founder of the United Synagogue of America. From the description of Papers, 1905-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122343714 ...

Finkelstein, Louis, 1895-1991

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Bernstein, Leonard, 1927-

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Magnes, Judah Leon, 1877-1948

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Arzt, Max

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Rabbinical Assembly of America. Committee on the Interpretation of Jewish Law.

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Rubenovitz, Mignon L. (Mignon Levine)

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