Frank Schwabacher correspondence, 1953-1954.

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Frank Schwabacher correspondence, 1953-1954.

Relating to Irving Reichert's book, Judaism and the American Jew. Included are letters from Reichert, Oscar Lewis, George P. Hammond and others.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7014004

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Reichert, Irving F. (Irving Frederick), 1895-1968

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In 1921, Irving Reichert was ordained a rabbi; he adhered to Reform Judaism. He was the rabbi of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El from 1930 to 1947; before that, he had held previous rabbinates in New York. Reichert was an outspoken defender of social justice and the liberal tradition, and he was deeply committed to improvement of interfaith relations. He served as the President of the Northern California Board of Rabbis from 1934 to 1936; an officer of the American Civil Liberties Union an...

Reichert, Irving F. (Irving Frederick), 1895-1968

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In 1921, Irving Reichert was ordained a rabbi; he adhered to Reform Judaism. He was the rabbi of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El from 1930 to 1947; before that, he had held previous rabbinates in New York. Reichert was an outspoken defender of social justice and the liberal tradition, and he was deeply committed to improvement of interfaith relations. He served as the President of the Northern California Board of Rabbis from 1934 to 1936; an officer of the American Civil Liberties Union an...

Schwabacher, Frank

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Hammond, George P. (George Peter), 1896-1993

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George Peter Hammond was born on September 19, 1896 in Hutchinson, Minnesota, and spent the first 13 years of his life in Kenmare, North Dakota. In 1909 his family moved to California; they arrived in Fresno but shortly thereafter settled on a plot of land in nearby Caruthers. While his parents and older brother worked on the family's farm, Hammond attended the local grammar school, followed by high school in the town of Easton, eight miles away. He graduated in 1916 and started college at Berke...

Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992

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San Francisco born author and historian of the West. From the description of Oscar Lewis correspondence : additions, 1931-1959. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26872328 American author. From the description of Correspondence with Caroline Wenzel : TLS, 1938-1957. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122647609 Biographical Information Oscar Lewis (1893-199...