Dictated draft of Joshua Loth Liebman radio sermon: “America’s Great Moral Opportunity Now”, 1947. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.

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Dictated draft of Joshua Loth Liebman radio sermon: “America’s Great Moral Opportunity Now”, 1947. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Description:
This is a draft of a sermon by Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman, titled "America's Great Moral Opportunity Now." Liebman argues that in order to remain true to its founding democratic values, America must demonstrate moral leadership and allow those victims of World War II still living in displaced persons camps in Europe to immigrate to the United States. Liebman calls on his listeners to immediately write their congressmen urging them to pass H2910 (Emergency Temporary Displaced Persons Admission Act), proposed by Representative William Stratton (R-IL), which would admit 400,000 displaced persons into the country over the next four years. The sermon was intended for radio broadcast on May 18, 1947. This recording was created by Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman on an Audograph Dictation Machine for later typed transcription. The audio may contain microphone noise, distortions, pauses and instructions.
Speaker:
Liebman, Joshua Loth, 1907-1948
Creator:
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
[ca. May 18, 1947]
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Location:
Temple Israel of Boston
Wyner Archives
Collection (local):
Past Voices, Audio Recordings, 1934-1979
Subjects:
Reform Judaism--United States
Religious broadcasting
Radio sermons
Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Judaism
Emigration and immigration law--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
Audograph dictation disc (2 recordings)
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Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Dictated draft of Joshua Loth Liebman radio sermon: “America’s Great Moral Opportunity Now”, 1947. Audiovisual Collection, Audiovisual Collection, Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Notes (object):
Part 1 (15 min., 50 sec.)
Part 2 (15 min., 33 sec.)
Notes (funding):
This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Notes (historical):
Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman (1907-1948), scholar, Zionist, teacher, and orator, was the senior rabbi of Temple Israel from 1939-1948. His book, Peace of Mind, Insights on Human Nature That Can Change Your Life (1946), a spiritual guide to healing and forgiveness in the post-Holocaust era, became an international bestseller and is still widely read today.
Identifier:
TI-AV_90145.001
TI-AV_90145.002