Audio and video tapes and records, [ca. 1930-1985]

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Audio and video tapes and records, [ca. 1930-1985]

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Consists of television programs from the inception of television in 1948 to the present, and ca. 100 radio programs, 1930 to the present, all of which concern Jewish culture and history. They were created by the major U.S. networks including CBS, NBC, ABC, and PBS, and independent, foreign, and other producers. Types of programming represented include news and public affairs shows; prime-time television dramas and entertainment (including comedy) series and specials; religious programs; arts programs; and some television commercials. Of note are the complete video tape record of the trial of Adolf Eichmann; the 1950s situation comedy, "The Goldbergs"; NBC's "Eternal Light", a religious series; radio programs in Yiddish; and many interviews with Jewish figures. Included are Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Elie Wiesel, Marc Chagall, Sam Levenson, Giora Feidman, Sol Linowitz, Irving Howe, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and others. Also included are some transcripts including that of the Eichmann trial, clippings of reviews, 2,000 press releases, and other articles concerning the programs.

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Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016

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Elie Wiesel was born in 1928 in Sighet, Transylvania. He was 15 years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz. His mother and younger sister perished, his two older sisters survived. Elie and his father were later transported to Buchenwald, where his father died shortly before the camp was liberated in April 1945. After the war, Elie Wiesel studied in Paris and later became a journalist. He wrote his memoir La Nuit or Night. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed El...

Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973

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Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 1904-1991

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Novelist, short story writer. From the guide to the Isaac Bashevis Singer Manuscripts, [ca. 1960]-1971, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Novelist, short story writer; came to America in 1935. Born Isaac Singer July 14, 1904, in Radzymin, Poland; son of Pinchos Menachem and Bathsheba (Zylberman) Singer. From the description of Manuscripts collection, [ca. 1960]-1970. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477256024 ...

NBC Television Network

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CBS Television Network

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From 1953 to 1956 CBS Television, in cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History, produced a series of television programs. Museum staff was involved with most programs. From the description of "Adventure," 1953-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155485092 ...

Levenson, Sam, 1911-1980

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Humorist, author, television personality. From the description of Papers, 1949-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155455000 Sam Levenson (1911-1980) was a humorist, raconteur, teacher, and writer. He was born in 1911 in New York City to Rebecca and Hyman Levenson, an immigrant tailor. The youngest in a family of eight, Sam grew up in the Lower East Side, East Harlem and in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He attended local public schools and received his B.A. in Spanish from Brookly...

Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

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Meir was born in Russia, emigrated to the U.S. and came to Milwaukee in 1906 with her family. Throughout her life, she was a dedicated Zionist. In Feb. 1969 she became Israel's fourth Prime Minister, at the age of 71. From the description of Papers, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014315 ...

Feidman, Giora

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Howe, Irving

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Eichmann, Adolf, 1906-1962

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German Nazi official tried in Jerusalem for extermination of Jews during World War II. From the description of Adolf Eichmann trial excerpts, 1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867367 Biographical/Historical Note German Nazi official tried in Jerusalem for extermination of Jews during World War II. From the guide to the Adolf Eichmann trial excerpts, 1961, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Linowitz, Sol M., 1913-2005

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Lawyer, diplomat, U.S. presidential advisor, and businessman. From the description of Sol M. Linowitz papers, 1778-1999 (bulk 1946-1995). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060260 Lawyer, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1983. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727043 From the description of Reminiscences of Sol Myron Linowitz : oral history, 1976. (Columbia ...

ABC Television Network

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Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y). National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting.

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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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Chagall, Marc, 1887-1985

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Russian-French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed (1) and greeting cards signed (2) : Marseilles and St. Paul, to John Rewald, 1941 Jan. 3, 1967 July 18 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870508 Marc Chagall was a Russian-born painter working chiefly in France whose works frequently featured themes from Russian-Jewish folklore and from the Bible. From the description of Marc Chagall letter to D. Vaughan, 1967 February 21. (Pennsyl...