Full Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Leon A. Jick: “Chanukah: Advertising the Miracle”, November 30,1956. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.

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Title:
Full Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Leon A. Jick: “Chanukah: Advertising the Miracle”, November 30,1956. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Description:
Full Friday evening Sabbath service at Temple Israel led by Rabbi A. Leon Jick with sermon, “Chanukah: Advertising the Miracle.” In his sermon, Rabbi Jick provides insights about Chanukah. He notes that the Talmud speaks only briefly about the legend of the festival without mention of war or the Maccabees. And that throughout history, Rabbis have used the message of this struggle to remind us “that a small flame, fed with the flame of purity and dedication, can keep burning and defy extinction,” a symbol of man’s freedom that over time assumed the “proportions of a revelation, a miracle.” He goes on to state that the Chanukah candles themselves have “no magical significance,” but in doorways and windows they publicize the miracle and advertise, spread good tidings and lighten human life to passersby. Jick says the candles bring meaning for the Jews of Hungary and behind the Iron Curtain. 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:
November 30, 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
Hanukkah
Holidays--Religious aspects--Judaism
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1/4" audio tape (1 hour, 29 min., 14 sec.)
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Language:
English
Hebrew
Preferred Citation:
Full Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Leon A. Jick: “Chanukah: Advertising the Miracle”, November 30,1956. 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-90044.002