Access and Provenance
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A Finding Aid to theTrude Weiss-Rosmarin PapersManuscript
Collection No. 12
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The Trude Weiss-Rosmarin Papers were donated to the American
Jewish Archives in various segments by Dr. Weiss-Rosmarin from
1975 thru 1984. Property rights have been assigned to the American Jewish Archives. All literary rights to materials authored by Dr. Weiss-Rosmarin are held by her heirs. Literary
rights to materials authored by others are held by the individual author
or his/her heirs. Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the
Director of the American Jewish Archives
The papers are open to all users and available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 
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Trude Weiss-Rosmarin was born in 1908 in Frankfurt, Germany, the
daughter of Jacob and Celestine (Mullings) Weiss. In 1931, at the age
of 22, she received her doctor of philosophy degree after completing
studies at the Universities of Berlin (1927-1928)., Leipzig (1929) and
Wurzburg (1930-1931). Her thesis proved to be a seminal work in the
In 1931 Weiss-Rosmarin emigrated to the United States with her
husband Aaron Rosmarin (b.1904). Immediately upon her arrival she
became involved with the American Jewish Community. In 1932, under
the auspices of Hadassah, she and her husband created the School of
the Jewish Woman in New York City, where they taught Hebrew, bible,
Jewish history and Yiddish. Weiss-Rosmarin served as the School's
director from its founding in 1932 until its closing in 1939. From
1939 through 1940 she was vicepresident of the National Association of
Bible Instructors. From 1947 through 1951 she was national co-chair
of education for the Zionist Organization of America. During this
time she also served on the advisory board of the National Jewish
Curriculum Institute and the Jewish Book Council of America and on the
Board of Directors of the Community Security Council. From 1963
through 1966 she published a regular column, "Letters from New York"
in the London Jewish Chronicle. Dr. Weiss-Rosmarin taught at New
York University and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Phila-
delphia
In December 1936, Weiss-Rosmarin began editing and publishing a
monthly newsletter for the School of the Jewish Woman. This
newsletter, The Jewish Spectator, survived the closing of
the School and became Weiss-Rosmarin's main interest. In 1943 she
became sole editor and in this capacity she called for numerous
reforms in the American Jewish community. Through her editorials,
Weiss-Rosmarin continually promoted Jewish education and
literature, demanded "accountability" from the national Jewish
fund-raising organizations and spoke out for the rights of women in general
as well as within Judaism.
Weiss-Rosmarin demonstrated her avid interest in Jewish education
by establishing in 1940 a series of inexpensive books of Jewish interest.
The series, entitled The Jewish People's Library was issued
through the Jewish Book Club. Dr. Weiss-Rosmarin herself contributed
several volumes in this series: Jewish Women Through The Ages (1949),
The Oneg Shabbath Books (1940), What Every Jewish Woman Should
Know (1949), and Highlights of Jewish History (1941).
In 1951, Weiss-Rosmarin was divorced from her husband. In 1978,
she moved the offices of The Jewish Spectator from New York City to
Santa Monica, California. Trude Weiss-Rosmarin died in Santa Monica
on June 26, 1989.
Related AJA Collections 
field of ancient Arabic history. Beginning in 1931, Dr. Weiss-Rosmarin
published numerous works of a scholarly nature, including Religion of
Reason(1936), Hebrew Moses; An Answer to Sigmund Freud (1939),
Judaism and Christianity: The Differences (1943), Jewish Survival
(1949), Saadia (1959) and Jewish Expressions on Jesus; An Anthology (1977)
The American Jewish Archives
holds the papers of Robert Bleiweiss (MS-760), who took over the editorship of the Jewish Spectator after Weiss-Rosmarin's death; this collection contains some writings and research notes of Weiss-Rosmarin. The AJA also holds a nearprint
biographical file on Trude Weiss-Rosmarin.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
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SERIES A. GENERAL, 1931-1984 forms the major portion of this collection. It consists of 6 boxes of correspondence, manuscripts submitted to Weiss-Rosmarin, and miscellaneous material. The correspondence in general deals with The Jewish Spectator, Weiss-Rosmarin's activities and editorials, and requests for her to lecture. There is considerable information on Weiss-Rosmarin's crusade in the 1950's for the reform of Jewish divorce law in order to help Jewish women and her demands in the 1970's for a financial accounting of United States Jewish charitable funds. The series is alphabetically arranged by correspondent or subject. The "General" folders at the beginning of each letter of the alphabet contain material concerning individuals or organizations for which there are less than five items.A. GENERAL B. NEARPRINT C. SCRAPBOOKS
SERIES B. NEARPRINT, 1932-1982, consists Of 1 box of articles, brochures, broadsides and newsclippings authored by Weiss-Rosmarin, of interest to her or directly concerning her. The material authored by Weiss-Rosmarin includes articles and brochures as well as several of her editorials in The Jewish Spectator and "Letters to the Editor" by Weiss-Rosmarin in other publications. The nearprint authored by others reflects Weiss-Rosmarin's scholarly interests. Often these items are personally autographed by the author. Included in this series are autographed items from Haim Cohn, Raymond P. Dougherty, Joshua Finkel, Irving Fineman, Horace M. Kallen, Samuel Krauss, Bruno Meissner and Harry Zohn. The newsclippings in this series form a record of Weiss-Rosmarin's various activities.
SERIES C. SCRAPBOOKS, 1931-1962, consists of 9 volumes of bound scrapbooks, which contain articles and newsclippings by and about Trude Weiss-Rosmarin.
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BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
SERIES A. GENERAL
Note. Unless noted otherwise, the contents of folders consist of
correspondence and any of several other generic types of material for
the dates indicated. To obtain a more complete listing of the
correspondents and subjects within this collection, this list must be
used in conjunction with the Subject Tracings of this inventory.
1 1 A, General. 1931-1980.
2 Ainsztein, Reuben. 1967-1978.
3 ANAWIM; A Review of Intercultural Ministry.
1973-1974.
4 Ansbacher, Heinz and Rowena. 1968, 1970-1971, 1978,
1980-1982.
5 Ba-Bi, General. 1946-1980.
6 Bi,s-Bu, General. 1946-1980.
7 Bardin, Shlomo. 1965-1973, 1975-1976.
8 Becker, Abraham S. 1970.
9 Ben-Horin, Meir, 1968, 1972-1974, 1979-1982.
10 Borowitz, Eugene. 1970-1971, 1974-1975, 1979, 1981-1982.
11 Brickner, Balfour. 1968, 1971, 1975, 1982.
12 Bubis, Gerald R. n.d., 1969, 1974, 1977.
13 Bulka, Reuven P. n.d., 1970-1972, 1974,1979.
14 C, General. 1946-1983.
15 Carlebach, Julius. 1978-1979.
16 Chaplains. 1969-1980.
17 Chavel, Charles B. 1946-1947.
18 Chiel, Arthur A. 1969, 1975, 1979, 1981-1982.
19 Cohen, Harry A. 1968-1970.
20 Cohn, Haim. 1963-1971.
21 D, General. 1948-1982.
22 Davidson, Bernard and Grace. 1968-1972.
23 Davis, Lottie K. 1968-1971.
24 DuBroff, Sidney. 1968-1969
25 E, General. 1948-1980.
26 EisenStein, Ira. 1968-1974.
2 1 Eliachar, Elie. 1970-1975, 1982.
2 Elovitz, Mark H. 1968-1972.
3 F, General. 1931-1980,, 1982-1983.
4 Feld, Joseph A. 1974-1978.
5 Fineman, Irving. 1968-1975.
6 Frank, Bernard. 1968-1979.
7 Frankel, William. 1968-1975; 1977.
8 Freehof, Solomon B. 1959-1977.
9 Ga-Goe, General. 1946-1980; 1982.
10 Gertel, Elliot. 1969-1975.
11 Gildesgame, Leon L. 1968-1975.
12 Glatzer, Nahum. 1938-1949.
13 Goi-Gut, General. 1946-1949; 1955-1956; 1960-1961;
1965, 1968-1975, and 1977-1981.
14 Gompertz, Rolf. 1973-1977.
15 Goodhill, Victor and Ruth. 1968-1975.
16 Goodman, Abraham. 1968-1978. 1980-1981.
17 Gordis, Robert. 1945-1976, 1978-1981; 1983.
18 Guttman, Harry. 1971.
19 H, General. 1946-1978; 1981-1982.
20 Hilsenrad, Leo S. 1946-1947.
3 1 Hyman, Abraham S. 1971-1974.
2 I-J, General. 1960-1979; 1981-1982.
3 Iltis, Dr. Rudolph. n.d., 1962-1963, 1965, 1967.
4 K, General. 1948-1979; 1981-1982.
5 Kabakoff, Jacob. 1966-1972.
6 Kahn, Benjamin. 1968-1970.
7 Kahn, Lothar. 1972-1973; 1983.
8 Kallen, Horace M. 1958-1973.
9 Kaplan, Louis M. 1968-1984.
10 Katsh, Abraham. 1969-1980.
11 Katz, Menke. 1970-1975.
12 Kaufman, Jay. 1966-1970.
13 Kieval, Hayyim (Herman). 1969-1971; 1981.
14 Klibouski, B. 1966-1971.
15 Klutznick, Philip. 1957-1984.
16 Kohn, Moshe. 1970-1971; 1976; and 1978.
17 L, General. 1948-1982.
18 Landau, Sol. 1969-1973.
19 Lipis, Philip L. 1968-1971.
20 Liptzin, Sol. 1971-1976.
21 Litoff, Arthur. 1969-1971.
4 1 M, General. 1945-1982.
2 Marcus, Jacob R. 1977; 1979; and 1981.
3 Margoshes, Samuel. 1949.
4 Marwick, Lawrence. 1967; 1969-1970, 1974.
5 Merowitz, Morton J. 1969-1971.
6 Morley, John. 1970-1981.
7 N, General. 1946-1947. 1960-1981.
8 Nadich, Mr. and Mrs. Judah. 1968-1977.
9 Neumann, Emanuel. 1946-1949.
10 Neusner, Jacob. 1962-1975; 1981; 1983.
11 Noveck, Simon. 1968-1974.
12 0, General. 1968-1975.
13 P-Q, General. 1949-1982.
14 Petuchowski, Jakob J. 1959-1983.
15 Petuchowski, Elizabeth. 1983
16 Pilshnik, Ely. 1977, 1981-1982, 1984
17 Pinsker, Sanford. 1971-1978.
18 Pollak, George. 1970-1975; 1980.
19 R, General, 1960-1979; 1981-1982.
20 RASSCO Affair. 1962-1975.
21 Rejwan, Nissim. 1967-1971.
22 Response: A Contemporary Jewish Review. 1970-1974.
23 Rosenberg, James B. 1972-1975.
24 Rudavsky, David. 1966-1973; 1982.
5 1 Sa-Sh, General. 1933-1983.
2 Si-Su, General. 1945-1982.
3 Samuel, Edwin. 1965-1970.
4 Schulweis, Harold M. n.d., 1971-1973; 1975; 1977.
5 Schwartz, Barry Dov. 1968-1977.
6 Schwarz, Gerhart S. 1969-1970.
7 Shahar, David. 1974-1976.
8 Shereshevsky, Esra. 1964-1971.
9 Sherwin, Byron L. 1969-1973; 1976.
10 Sigal, Phillip. 1969-1974; 1981-1982.
11 Silverman, Hillel E. 1969-1979.
12 Silverman, William B. 1950; 1969; 1971; 1977;
and 1979.
13 Simons, Leonard N. 1968-1975; 1981 ; 1984
14 Singer, Howard. 1970-1977; 1981.
15 T, General. 1932; 1948-1978.
16 Tarnor, Norman. 1967-1979.
17 Tartakower, Aryeh. 1970-1976.
18 U-W, General. 1949-1978; 1980-1982.
6 1 University of Judaism (Los Angeles, Cal.) 1969-1980.
2 Weiss-Rosmarin, Trude. 1950; 1970-1979.
3 Weltsch, Robert. 1967-1968; 1976.
4 Werblowsky, R.J. 1968-1969; 1979.
5 Winter, Paul. 1967-1970.
6 Wunsch, J.W. 1968-1974.
7 Y-Z, General. 1949-1982.
8 Yeshiva University. 1968
9 Yoskowitz, Herbert A. 1971; 1974-1975, 1980.
10 Zeitlin, Aaron. 1945; 1970.
11 Zohn, Harry. 1966-1980.
12 Unidentified and indecipherable correspondence.
1935-1979; 1982-1983.
SERIES B. NEARPRINT
13 Articles, brochures, etc. by Trude Weiss-Rosmarin. 1932- 1932-1975, 1979-1982.
14 Articles, brochures concerning The School of the Jewish Woman (New York, N.Y.) 1934-1939. Articles, brochures, etc. by others. 19361939.
15 Articles, brochures, etc. by others. 1940-1982.
16 Articles, brochures, undated.
17 Articles, brochures, etc. by others. 1969-1975; n.d.
7 1 Newsclippings. 1946-1970.
2 Newsclippings. 1971-1978; 1981, n.d.
3 Greek,Syrian, German and Cuneiform notes.
SERIES C: SCRAPBOOKS
8 1 1931-1932.
2 1934-1943.
3 1936-1939.
Oversize Box No. 18
1 1933-1934.
2 1934-1942.
3 1837.
4 1940-1941.
5 1942-1943.
6 1961-1962.
SUBJECT TRACINGS
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Abrahams, Israel 1/1 Adler, Cyrus 1/1 Borowitz, Eugene 1/10 Cohn, Hillel 1/14 Eisendrath, Maurice N. 1/25 Fellner, Joseph 2/3 Fineman, Irving 2/5 Freehof, Solomon B. 2/8 Gamzu, Yossi 2/9 Gittelsohn, Roland B. 2/9 Gordis, Robert 2/17 Gottschalk, Alfred 2/9 Jaffe, Eliezer 3/2 Kallen, Horace M. 3/8 Kaminetsky, Joseph 3/4 Levenson, Sam 3/16 Nadich, Judah 4/8 Neusner, Jacob 4/10 RASSCO Affair 4/20 Schwarzschild, Steven S. 5/1 Shereshevsky, Esra 5/8 Zohn, Harry 6/11