Papers, 1938-1956.

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Papers, 1938-1956.

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Files concerning Kestenbaum's efforts on behalf of Jewish refugees in Europe, particularly in securing their immigration to America, including correspondence, affidavits, and other documents by Kestenbaum, refugees, relatives, government agencies, and relief organizations. Contains letter by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel requesting aid for his brother Moshe in Vienna.

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Heschel, Abraham Joshua, 1907-1972

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Abraham Joshua Heschel was an internationally known scholar, author, activist, and theologian. He was born in Warsaw, Poland into a distinguished family of rabbis. Heschel studied philosophy in Berlin, Germany and was deported from Frankfurt to Warsaw where he escaped to London just before the Nazi invasion. After a brief time in London, he immigrated to the United States, first teaching at the Hebrew Union College and then at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he taught as Profess...

Kestenbaum, Jacob.

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Heschel, Moshe.

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