ARC 39 - Israel Friedlaender Papers
| Title: | Guide (Preliminary) to the Israel Friedlaender Papers, 1888-1977, 1903-1920 (bulk). |
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| Name(s): | Friedlaender, Israel, 1876-1920 | |
| Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
| Genre: | Diaries. | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1888 | |
| Abstract/Description: | The Israel Friedlaender Papers consists of correspondence, clippings, minutes, and reports concerning Friedlaender's Zionist and Jewish communal activities, and his teaching and scholarly research. The collection includes material concerning the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Jewish Publication Society, the Federation of American Zionists, Kehillah (New York Jewish Community), the Menorah Societies, the Educational Alliance, the Provisional Executive Committee for General Zionist Affairs, the Joint Distribution Committee, and the Zionist Organization of America. The collection also contains class notes and outlines, manuscript articles, minutes of the Achavah Club (1909), a diary (1920), condolence letters, and memorial and biographical material. The correspondents include Judah Magnes, Cyrus Adler, Solomon Schechter, Henrietta Szold, Joseph Barondess, Simon Dubnow, and others. | |
| Note(s): |
Funding for the retrospective conversion of the original finding aid documents to produce this guide using Archivists’ Toolkit was made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Israel Friedlaender was born in Poland in 1876. He went to Germany in 1896 to study in Berlin. He received his Ph.D. at Strasbourg in 1901. In 1903 Friedlaender came to the United States to teach at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He was involved in numerous Jewish educational, social, welfare, and Zionist organizations. Friedlaender was murdered by bandits in Ukraine in 1920. German, Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, English. Card index. |
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Barondess, Joseph, 1867-1928 Dubnow, Simon, 1860-1941 -- Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915 -- Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Federation of American Zionists. Jewish Community of New York City. Bureau of Education Jewish Publication Society of America. Educational Alliance (New York, N.Y.) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Zionist Organization of America. Education Dept. Achavah Club (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) Bible Jews -- New York (N.Y.) Rabbinical seminaries -- New York (N.Y.) Jews -- Education Zionism Jews -- Charities Jews -- Societies, etc Jewish learning and scholarship New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs Jewish college teachers |
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| Library Classification: | ARC 39 | |
| Held by: | Jewish Theological Seminary. Library, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027. | |
| Restrictions on Access: | This collection is partially processed and is open for research on a case by case basis; contact the Librarian in charge of archival materials at: 212.678.8973 or via E-mail: archives@jtsa.edu., for further information. There are no restrictions to accessing this collection, however, written permission is required to print or publish. | |
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