Papers, 1918-1954 (bulk 1918-1919).

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Papers, 1918-1954 (bulk 1918-1919).

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Correspondence between Egelson and rabbis, scholars, parents, and the Jewish Welfare Board; together with mementos, pictures and congregational letters sent to him at the time he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 5, 1954, and in honor of his 40th year in the rabbinate. Correspondents include Hyman G. Enelow, Louis Wolsey, Cyrus Adler, Harry Cutler, and Chester Jacob Teller. There are no papers dated 1920-1953.

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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National Jewish Welfare Board

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Origins of the National Jewish Welfare Board (1913-1919) Organized in 1917 to meet the needs of Jewish servicemen in the Armed Forces, the National Jewish Welfare Board (JWB) became a national federation of local agencies and social service institutions dedicated to meeting the social, cultural, intellectual, physical and spiritual needs of the American Jewish community. The roots of JWB can be traced to the founding of the Council of Young Men's Hebrew and Kindred Associations (YMHA-KA) ...

Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940

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Cyrus Adler graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1883. He later received the first American Ph.D. in Semitics from Johns Hopkins University. He taught Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins from 1884 to 1893. In 1877 he was appointed assistant curator of the section of Oriental antiquities in the United States National Museum, and had charge of an exhibit of biblical archaeology at the centennial exposition of the Ohio valley in 1888. He was a commissioner for the world's Columbian ex...

Wolsey, Louis, 1877-1953

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Rabbi, Reform Jewish leader, and anti-Zionist. From the description of Papers, 1866-1948 (bulk 1942-1948). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962546 ...

Enelow, H. G. (Hyman Gerson), 1877-1934

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Hyman Gerson Enelow was born in Kovno, Lithuania, October 26, 1877, the son of Leopold and Matilda Marver Enelow. In 1893 Enelow's father emigrated to the United States and settled in Chicago, where he operated a small tobacco manufacturing business. At first, Enelow planned to remain in Europe in order to attend the University of Heidelberg. These plans changed and Enelow followed his father to Chicago a short time later. With the help of Rabbis Emil G. Hirsch and Josep...

Cutler, Harry

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Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

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Formed in 1950 as a result of the merger of the Cincinnati based Hebrew Union College (founded in 1875) and the New York Jewish Institute of Religion (founded in 1922). From the description of Records, 1947-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960623 The Jewish Institute of Religion was an educational establishment created by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise to train rabbis in Reform Judaism in 1922 in New York City. It was merged with the Hebrew Union College in 1950; HUC was f...

Teller, Chester Jacob, 1883-1962

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Egelson, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1885-1957

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Reform rabbi. From the description of Papers, 1918-1954 (bulk 1918-1919). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960769 ...