TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) Records. 1943-1968.

Manuscript Collection No. 132



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.)
Title: Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) Records.
Dates: 1943-1968.
Quantity: 0.4 linear feet.
Abstract: Correspondence, articles, and clippings relating to the congregation's adoption of basic principles concerning Reform Judaism and Zionism; together with a copy of Israel Friedlaender's, The History of the Official Adoption of the Basic Principles by Congregation Beth Israel.
Collection Number: MS-132
Language: Collection material in English.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, articles, and clippings relating to the congregation's adoption of basic principles concerning Reform Judaism and Zionism; together with a copy of Israel Friedlaender's, The History of the Official Adoption of the Basic Principles by Congregation Beth Israel.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) Records are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Mrs. Alan Kirschberg, by the act of donating the Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) Records to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.). Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-132. Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.) Records were received from Mrs. Alan Kirschberg, New York, New York, in 1981.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA's online catalog.

Congregation Beth Israel (Houston, Tex.)
Jews -- Texas -- Houston
Reform Judaism -- Texas -- Houston
Zionism -- Texas -- Houston