ARC 99 - Herman H. and Mignon L. Rubenovitz Papers
| Title: | Guide (Preliminary) to the Herman H. and Mignon L. Rubenovitz Papers, 1905-1965. |
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| Name(s): |
Rubenovitz, Herman H., 1883-1966 Rubenovitz, Mignon L. (Mignon Levine) |
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| Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
| Genre: |
Marriage records. Sermons. Scrapbooks. |
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| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1905 | |
| Abstract/Description: | The Herman H. and Mignon L. Rubenovitz papers consists of correspondence (1907-1965) concerning the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Conservative Judaism, Zionism, the Jewish community in Boston, chaplaincy, education, interfaith relations, and World War II; reports, minutes, bulletins, correspondence, and clippings concerning the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and its Alumni Association (1910-1911), Committee on the Interpretation of Jewish Law of the Rabbinic Assembly (1919-1943), Commission on the Future of Judaism (1942), United Synagogue of America (1913-1963), Associated Synagogue of Greater Boston and New England (1928-1956), Rabbinic Assembly of Boston (1935-1950), Congregation Mishkan Tefilah, Boston (1910-1963), and Adas Jeshurun, Louisvile, K.Y. (1907-1919). Also included are manuscript articles, lectures, and sermons by Rubenovitz; records of marriages performed by Rubenovitz (1910-1930); scrapbook on Mishkan Tefilah and other matters (1905-1916); and other miscellaneous materials. The correspondents include Cyrus Adler, Max Arzt, Leonard Bernstein, Louis D. Brandeis, Moshe Davis, Louis Finkelstein, Mordecai Kaplan, Judah L. Magnes, Solomon Schechter, and others. | |
| Abstract/Description: | Mignon Levine Rubenovitz's papers consists of biographical and autobiographical writings; notes and speeches; correspondence, including a group of congratulatory letters on the publication of Winecup and Book in 1946; clippings documenting Mrs. Rubenovitz's activities and reviews of her books; printed material; and the text of Herman Rubenovitz's valedictory speech, delivered at his graduation from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1908. The file of programs and invitations (1913-1955) chiefly document events at Temple Mishkan Tefilah, including its library and museum; the Boston chapter of Hadassah; the New England region of Hadassah; the Women's School for Jewish Studies, Hebrew Teachers College, Boston; and the Maimonides Octocentennial Committee (1935). Of note is a small, handwritten, illustrated dedication program, signed by Bertha Rubin and dated 1907, presumably of Mishkan Tefilah. | |
| Note(s): |
Conservative rabbi, Zionist activist. Rubenovitz was a founder of the United Synagogue of America. Includes some material in German, Yiddish. Preliminary inventory available in Special Collections Reading Room. |
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| Subject(s): |
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Arzt, Max Bernstein, Leonard, 1927- Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 Davis, Moshe Finkelstein, Louis, 1895- Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881- -- Rubenovitz, Mignon L. (Mignon Levine) Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915 Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Alumni Association. Rabbinical Assembly of America. Committee on the Interpretation of Jewish Law. Commission on the Future of Judaism. United Synagogue of America. Associated Synagogue of Greater Boston and New England. Rabbinic Assembly of Boston. Congregation Mishkan Tefilah (Boston, Mass.) Adas Jeshurun (Louisville, Ky.) Ecumenical movement Chaplains Jews -- Education Jews -- Massachusetts -- Boston Jews -- New England Jews -- Kentucky -- Louisville Jews -- New York (N.Y.) Jewish sermons, American Rabbis -- Massachusetts -- Boston Rabbinical seminaries -- New York (N.Y.) Jewish law Zionism Conservative Judaism World War, 1939-1945 Boston (Mass.) -- Religious and ecclesiastical institutions Boston (Mass.) -- Religious life and customs Louisville (Ky.) -- Religious and ecclesiastical institutions Louisville (Ky.) -- Religious life and customs Rabbis |
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| Library Classification: | ARC 99 | |
| Held by: | Jewish Theological Seminary. Library, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027. | |
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