Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: “Israel, the Second Decade,” March 3, 1959. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.

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Title:
Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: “Israel, the Second Decade,” March 3, 1959. Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Description:
Friday night Sabbath service at Temple Israel led by Rabbi Robert W. Shapiro with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn. This sermon, the last in a series of six sermons about Israel spawned by Gittelsohn's visit in the spring of 1959 and Israel’s tenth anniversary, focuses on Israel’s major problems, as Gittelsohn sees them, in its second decade: immigration and refugee settlement, economic self-sufficiency, and peace in the Middle East. Gittelsohn ultimately argues that these challenges are formidable, but Israel’s spirit and determination to survive makes him hopeful. Choral music performed by the Temple Israel Choir, Herbert Fromm, conductor.
Speaker:
Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995
Musical director:
Fromm, Herbert
Speaker:
Shapiro, Robert W., 1928-1999
Creator:
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
March 13, 1959
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
Israel--History--20th century
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1/4" open reel tape (1 hour, 24 min., 15 sec.)
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Language:
English
Hebrew
Preferred Citation:
Friday evening Sabbath service with sermon by Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn: “Israel, the Second Decade,” March 3, 1959. 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 Robert W. Shapiro (1928-1999) was Assistant Rabbi at Temple Israel from 1957-1960. He served as the rabbi at Temple Emanu-El of Marblehead, MA (1962-1992), focusing on pastoral work, outreach, and interfaith activities.
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_90092.001