Records, [ca.1921-1983].

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Records, [ca.1921-1983].

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Records of the Brooklyn Jewish Center, ca. 1921-1983, consist of correspondence (including that of Rabbi Israel Levinthal), annual reports, minutes of the board of trustees, financial records, membership information, cemetery records, and issues of the Brooklyn Jewish Center Bulletin (1922-1986, gaps) and the Brooklyn Jewish Center Review (1933-1985, gaps). Also included is material documenting anniversaries, dinners (for, for instance, Jennie Grossinger, 1954, and Chaim Weizmann, 1923) and dinner dances, the Hebrew School, adult education programs, lecture series, the construction of the Center's building on Eastern Parkway, activities of clubs and committees, and fundraising (including fundraising for Jewish organizations such as the Jewish Theological Seminary). Of note are a significant number of photographs, mostly from the 1920s, showing the Center's building (interior and exterior views), congregants using the health club and other facilities, and groups of children in posed portraits and at play. Of particular note are the records of a testimonial dinner commemorating the establishment of the Center's Library of Nazi Banned Books. Included is a draft of a speech given by Albert Einstein on the occasion and a copy of his paper on the theory of relativity, in German.

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Brooklyn Jewish Center Library of Nazi Banned Books.

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Brooklyn Jewish Center (New York, N.Y.).

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The Brooklyn Jewish Center, a model synagogue center, was founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1919. Its founding rabbi was Israel Levinthal who remained in the position until 1954. The Center's building on Eastern Parkway housed a health club, kosher restaurant, and education programs for children and adults. After a period of vitality lasting from the 1920s through the late 1940s, the Center entered a period of decline. From the description of Records, [ca.1921-1983]. (Jewish Theologic...

Grossinger, Jennie, 1892-1972

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955

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Weizmann, Chai͏̈m, 1874-1952

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Chaim Weizmann was an organic chemist, famous for his acetone synthesis, who founded what is now known as The Weizmann Institute of Science, and became the first president of the State of Israel. From the description of The Weizmann Archive, Ca. 1900-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81802980 These photocopies were obtained by Nathan Kurz in the course of research for his B.A. honors thesis in History, Stanford University. From the description of Chaim Weizman...

Levinthal, Israel Herbert, 1888-1982

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Rabbi of the Brooklyn Jewish Center (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) From the description of Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1967-1975. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 706489166 ...