Full Friday Evening Sabbath Service led by Rabbi Roland B Gittelsohn with Bible talk on Adam and Eve and the Tower of Babel, October 17, 1958. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.

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Title:
Full Friday Evening Sabbath Service led by Rabbi Roland B Gittelsohn with Bible talk on Adam and Eve and the Tower of Babel, October 17, 1958. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Description:
Full Friday Evening Sabbath Service led by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn with Bible talk on Adam and Eve and the Tower of Babel. The talk focuses on these two stories in Genesis, which Gittelsohn states share a common theme: man’s ambition gets him into trouble. Gittelsohn argues that far too many people of the current generation think they know everything, that people do not show mercy to all, just to a small select group, and that humans put excessive resources into weapons of destruction. He concludes that the ultimate punishment for this will be far worse than banishment from Eden. Choral music performed by the Temple Israel Choir, Herbert Fromm, conductor.
Speaker:
Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995
Musical director:
Fromm, Herbert
Creator:
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
October 17, 1958
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
Bible. Genesis
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1/4" audio tape (1 hour, 16 min., 47 sec.)
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Language:
English
Hebrew
Preferred Citation:
Full Friday Evening Sabbath Service led by Rabbi Roland B Gittelsohn with Bible talk on Adam and Eve and the Tower of Babel, October 17, 1958. 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-90054.002