David Philipson Papers, 1883-1949.

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David Philipson Papers, 1883-1949.

1883-1949

Correspondence, addresses, lectures, and sermons including documents and source material pertaining to Jewish history and the Reform movement, papers dealing with Jewish-Christian relations, conversions, synagogue and school matters; copies of letters of famous European and American Jews relating to Biblical, historical, political, educational and congregational matters, problems of Reform, Liberalism, orthodoxy, Zionism, American and European Judaism, anti-Semitism, and intermarriages; family letters; and correspondence of Philipson and numerous individuals on the League of American Jews (against Zionism). Correspondents include the American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Publication Society, and Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

7.1 linear ft.

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