Radio broadcast of partial Temple Israel Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: "What Israel Means to an American," November 1, 1953. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.

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Title:
Radio broadcast of partial Temple Israel Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: "What Israel Means to an American," November 1, 1953. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Description:
Radio broadcast of a partial Sabbath service led by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn with sermon, "What Israel Means to an American." The first in a series of sermons devoted to the recently established (1948) State of Israel, Gittelsohn argues that its existence should resonate with Americans for three reasons. First, “Israel is a place for the saving of human life.” Second, it is an example of a “bulwark and bastion of democracy.” Third, Gittelsohn states that where both Judaism and Christianity provide “blueprints for a decent world,” Israel will provide a practical example of how these blueprints can be lived. This recording was part of a radio program series (1924-1964) sponsored by the Temple Israel Brotherhood, recorded at Temple Israel, and broadcast by transcription on local and regional radio stations. Choral music by Temple Israel Choir, Herbert Fromm, Music Director.
Speaker:
Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995
Musical director:
Fromm, Herbert
Creator:
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
November 1, 1953
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Location:
Temple Israel of Boston
Wyner Archives
Collection (local):
Past Voices, Audio Recordings, 1934-1979
Subjects:
Religious broadcasting
Radio sermons
Jewish sermons--United States
Reform Judaism--United States
Jews--United States--Attitudes toward Israel
Israel--History
Synagogue music--Sabbath services--United States
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1/4" open reel tape (29 min., 55 sec.)
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Language:
English
Hebrew
Notes:
Related items: TI-AV_90064.003; TI-AV_90064.004
Preferred Citation:
Radio broadcast of partial Temple Israel Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: "What Israel Means to an American," November 1, 1953. 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).
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_90064.001