Full Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: ”Creators of Zion: Judah L. Magnes”, February 10, 1956. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.

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Title:
Full Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: ”Creators of Zion: Judah L. Magnes”, February 10, 1956. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Description:
Full Friday evening Sabbath service led by Rabbis Roland B. Gittelsohn and Leon A. Jick, with sermon by Rabbi Gittelsohn entitled “Creators of Zion: Judah L. Magnes”. Gittelsohn’s sermon is an examination of the contribution of Judah L. Magnes to the building of the State of Israel, his unique role in the synthesization of Zionism with American Jewish life and to his uncompromising moral idealism. Called the conscious of Zionism, Magnes insisted that the State of Israel be bound by righteousness and justice. The service included a brief tribute to Cantor Hugo Chaim Adler of Worcester and his music. Choral music performed by the Temple Israel Choir, Herbert Fromm, conductor.
Speaker:
Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995
Speaker:
Jick, Leon A.
Musical director:
Fromm, Herbert
Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Creator:
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
February 10, 1956
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Location:
Temple Israel of Boston
Wyner Archives
Collection (local):
Past Voices, Audio Recordings, 1934-1979
Subjects:
Reform Judaism--United States
Jewish sermons--United States
Synagogue music--Sabbath services--United States
Jews--United States--Attitudes toward Israel
Zionism
Adler, Hugo Ch. (Hugo Chayim)
Magnes, J. L. (Judah Leon), 1877-1948
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1/4" audio tape (1 hour, 37 min., 46 sec.)
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Language:
English
Hebrew
Preferred Citation:
Full Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: ”Creators of Zion: Judah L. Magnes”, February 10, 1956. Audiovisual Collection, Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
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 Roland B. Gittelsohn (1910-1995), social justice activist, Zionist, and writer, was Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel from 1953-1977 and Rabbi Emeritus thereafter. He served as founding rabbi of Central Synagogue in Rockville Center, NY from 1936-1953. During WWII, he became the first Jewish Marine Corps chaplain, and, in 1945, he delivered a moving, oft-quoted eulogy on brotherhood at Iwo Jima. After his retirement he was a co-founder of ARZA (the Association of Reform Zionists).
Rabbi Leon A. Jick (1924-2005), professor, historian, activist, and Zionist, was Assistant Rabbi at Temple Israel from 1954-1957. From 1957-1966, he served as rabbi of the Free Synagogue of Westchester in Mount Vernon, NY. He then became Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, where he held several positions, including Dean, over the next 24 years. His book, The Americanization of the Synagogue, 1820-1870 (1992) has become a classic.
Herbert Fromm (1905-1995), Temple Israel’s organist and Music Director (1941-1973), was a German-born conductor and composer forced to leave Germany in 1937. A prolific composer of religious music, much of which became part of the standard synagogue repertoire, and secular works, he also published many articles and essays and several books.
Identifier:
TI-AV-90039.001