Papers, 1893-1969.

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Papers, 1893-1969.

Correspondence, newsclippings, nearprint, audio recordings of speeches and addresses, and press releases dealing with Wise's participation in Zionist activities and organizations as well as the publication of Jewish Studies in Memory of Israel Abrahams, the founding of the Jewish Institute of Religion, and the founding of the Free Synagogue. Notable correspondents include Israel Abrahams, Ismar Elbogen, Nelson Glueck, Richard J.H. Gottheil, Horace M. Kallen, Lily Montagu, and Chaim Weizmann.

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Glueck, Nelson, 1900-1971

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Archaeologist, rabbi, and president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Nelson Glueck was born in Cincinnati on June 4, 1900. He entered Hebrew Union College in 1914 to study for the rabbinate. While at Hebrew Union College, Glueck simultaneously attended the University of Cincinnati where he obtained a B.A. degree in 1920. In 1923, he was ordained a rabbi. Glueck continued his studies in Europe at the University of Berlin, Heidelberg University, and the University of Jena wher...

Gottheil, Richard J. H. (Richard James Horatio), 1862-1936

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Orientalist, Zionist, Professor of Semitics at Columbia University. Richard was the son of Gustav Gottheil. From the description of Papers, 1786-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81886313 ...

Free Synagogue (New York, N.Y.)

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Elbogen, Ismar, 1874-1943

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Born in Schildberg (now Ostrzeszow, Poland) on September 1, 1874, Elbogen studied at the University of Breslau and the Juedisch-theologisches Seminar, Breslau, receiving his doctorate in 1898 and rabbinical ordination the following year. He taught at the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano, Florence, from 1899 to 1902 and at the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin from 1902 to 1938, when he emigrated to the United States. He died in New York City on August 1, 1943. From th...

Kallen, Horace Meyer, 1882-1974

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Jewish American philosopher and author; friend and pupil of William James. From the description of H.M. Kallen letter to [Harry?] Salpeter, 1918 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 76924359 From the description of H. M. Kallen letter to [Harry?] Salpeter [manuscript], 1918 November 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647999274 Philosopher and educator. From the description of Autograph letters signed (13) and autograph ...

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...

Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949

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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...

Abrahams, Israel, 1858-1925.

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Montagu, Lilian Helen, 1873-1963

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Jewish Institute of Religion (New York, N.Y.)

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Graduate/rabbinic school founded in 1922 by Stephen S. Wise; merged in 1950 with Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati (founded in 1875) to become the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. From the description of Records, 1921-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960624 ...