Papers, 1932-1950. 1932-1950.

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Papers, 1932-1950. 1932-1950.

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Papers of Abraham Goldstein. This box includes notes on speeches dealing with Zionism and speeches connected to local Hartford politics, including a mayoral election. There is also a report on a trip to Israel delivered by Goldstein's wife, apparently some time in the 1940s or early 1950s. Also included is material on a campaign urging the British government not to abandon its promise of a Jewish homeland as implied in the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The material includes a postal telegram on the topic composed by Rabbi Stephen Wise. There is also material relating to the Emergency Committee for Palestine.

ca. 400 leaves, unbound ; 18-32 cm. + 1 postal telegram.

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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...

Emergency Committee for Palestine.

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Goldstein, Anna Hurwitz.

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Goldstein, Abraham, 1893-1953.

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Abraham Goldstein, born Dec. 30, 1893 in Kiev, was an insurance executive in Hartford, Connecticut, active in Democratic politics in Hartford, and a leader of the Zionist movement. He served as vice president of the Zionist Organization of America, was on the executive committee of the American Jewish Congress, president of the Connecticut State Zionist Region, and chairman of the Emergency Committee for Palestine. Goldstein authored many pamphlets on Zionism as well as a weekly column for the J...