Papers, 1928-1995.

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Papers, 1928-1995.

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Correspondence consists primarily of a large file of letters and other materials compiled Rabbi Polish (Mar. 1992-1995) containing information on Polish's work, interests, and activities during the last years of his life; together with files from earlier in his life including materials on Temple Mizpah of Chicago and Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston, Ill., files from his student years at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, files including a diary of trips to Palestine in 1936 and Israel in 1959; and correspondence files with Abba Hillel Silver and Stephen S. Wise. Sermons and other writings including some fiction and plays, file of college sermons written while Polish was a student at Hebrew Union College in the early 1930s, and file of lectures delivered in Israel in March and April 1970. Subjects include Central Conference of American Rabbis and zionism.

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Temple Mizpah (Chicago, Ill.)

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Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963

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Rabbi of Temple-Tifereth Israel, Cleveland, Ohio, and an international leader of the Zionist movement. From the description of Abba Hillel Silver papers, Series III, 1916-1945. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 302366540 Rabbi at The Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, and prominent internationally known leader of the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland. For more biographical information, consult the guide to the microfilm edition of MS. 4787 Abba Hillel Silver Pap...

Hebrew Union College

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First Reform rabbinic school in the United States, founded in 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise; 1950 merged with Jewish Institute of Religion (founded in 1922 in New York, N.Y.) to become Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. From the description of Records, 1875-1948 (bulk 1920-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960622 ...

Beth Emet The Free Synagogue (Evanston, Ill.)

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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...

Polish, David.

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Rabbi, scholar, author, and teachers, of Chicago, Ill., area.; b. 1910; d. 1995. From the description of Papers, 1928-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962528 ...