Joshua Hochstein papers 1932 - 1980

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Joshua Hochstein papers 1932 - 1980

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The collection contains the correspondence, research materials, and publications of Joshua Hochstein, primarily on the Jewish communities in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, Jewish life and practices, branches of Christianity, Latin-American affairs, Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish history and culture, Sephardic Jewry, Jewish women, and the Yiddish language. It also includes materials related to Hochstein's involvement with the United States Office of Education and its inter-American activities, with the United Nations regarding its initiative to start a United Nations High School, and with the Pan-American Student League of New York. Hochstein's correspondence with leaders of various faiths about religious issues is also included.

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Yeshiva University

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United Nations

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United States. Office of Education

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Hochstein, Joshua.

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Joseph Hochstein was a Jewish educator, scholar and lecturer. Hochstein was born in New York City in 1898, and taught foreign languages to students at several New York City public high schools. Hochstein studied the revival of Jewish life in the Spanish-speaking world, and lectured on the subject at conferences, synagogues, and several universities. He wrote for publications in several languages, and served as the first correspondent in Cuba for Der Tag, the Yiddish-language newspaper. Hochstein...

Laitin, Joseph, 1914-2002

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