Access and Provenance
A Finding Aid to the
Richard C. Hertz Papers
Manuscript Collection No. 675
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Access and Provenance
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A Finding Aid to theRichard C. Hertz PapersManuscript Collection No. 675 1942 - 1996. 20.4 Linear ft. |
ACCESS AND PROVENANCEThe Richard C. Hertz Papers were received from Mrs. Renda Hertz of West Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in January, 2001. Mrs. Hertz, by the act of donating the Richard C. Hertz Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. All literary rights to material authored by Richard Hertz are retained by the Hertz heirs. Literary rights to material authored by others are retained by the individuals and their heirs. Questions concerning rights should by addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives.
The Richard C. Hertz Papers are open to all researchers. The original manuscript collection is available in the reading room of the Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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Richard C. Hertz was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received an A.B. degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1938 and was ordained as a rabbi by Hebrew Union College
in 1942. In 1948 Hertz received a Ph.D. in religious education from Northwestern University.
He began his rabbinic career at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois as assistant rabbi in 1942. From 1943 until early 1946, Hertz served as a military chaplain at Fort Ord, California, earning the rank of captain. He returned to the Glencoe congregation after the war until moving on to Chicago Sinai Congregation in 1947 as assistant rabbi. In 1953 Hertz became the senior rabbi at Temple Beth El in Detroit, Michigan where he stayed for the remainder of his career. Hertz led the congregation through many difficult years in Detroit, including times of civil unrest. He was instrumental in the planning and fund-raising of the new temple in the suburb of Birmingham. Hertz was quite proud of the new temple and considered it one of his finest legacies to future generations.
Hertz was often a spokesman for the Detroit and the American Jewish community. He hosted a local television program Open Doors, appeared on national news stations and on the Voice of America and Message of Israel. Hertz wrote six books, including Prescription for a Heartache and What Counts Most in Life, and had several sermons published. He also wrote many articles, commentaries, and book reviews for prominent newspapers and magazines such as Life and Ebony.
Hertz taught at the University of Detroit, Mercy for many years. Though a Catholic
university Hertz was heartened by the knowledge that he was reaching many people that knew little or nothing about Judaism. Hertz was one of the first to teach in the new field of Jewish Studies. Classes he taught include the Holocaust, Introduction to Judaism, Biblical Studies, and Modern European Jewish History. When Hertz retired as senior rabbi of Temple Beth El in 1982, an endowed chair in Jewish Studies was established in his honor at the University.Throughout his years in Detroit Hertz became known as a leader in the fight for worldwide social justice. Hertz visited the Soviet Union in 1959 on a secret mission for President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower was preparing for a summit with Nikita Khruschev and wanted a true report regarding the treatment of Jews there. This trip was considered by Hertz to be one of his most important missions. Upon his return to Detroit Hertz remained actively involved in the Soviet Jewry movement.
Interfaith relations were prominent among Hertzs activities. In 1963 Hertz was the first rabbi to be received in a private audience by Pope Paul VI. In 1974, under auspices of the American Jewish Committee and the National Council of Churches, Hertz was one of twenty-four Jewish and Christian leaders who traveled to Israel and the Arab states to study refugee problems and explore peace alternatives. Hertz often took part in interfaith services, such as the traditional Thanksgiving Day services in Detroit. In 1995 he was given the Dove Award for his interfaith work by the Ecumenical Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies.
Hertz was quite active on boards and committees and was the vice president of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, past president of the Wranglers Ministerial Association, member of the Economic Club of Detroit, and the Michigan Advisory Committee of the United States Civil Rights Commission. He was always concerned with the conditions facing the poor, the underprivileged and minority groups. Hertz was often criticized for speaking out on issues close to his heart, though these criticisms did not sway his determination to use his prominent position to help those he saw as disenfranchised.
Hertz died in 1999. He was survived by his wife Renda and his three children, Nadine
Urben, Ruth Joyaux, and Bradford Hertz.SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Rabbi Richard C. Hertz was a congregational rabbi, chaplain, educator, and activist interested in a variety of social, political, and Jewish causes. His papers contain correspondence and manuscripts reflecting his professional activity as a pulpit rabbi, his work as a Jewish chaplain during World War II, his teaching on both the university and congregational level, and his involvement with Jewish communal life both locally and nationally including the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, and the National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis.
The papers also contain materials pertaining to his activities on behalf of numerous social causes he espoused such as civil rights, fair housing, and economic justice. Included are records relating to his service on the Michigan Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights in the 1980's.
Of special note in the collection are Hertzs records and papers associated with a trip he made to Russia in 1959 to investigate and report on the condition of Soviet Jewry. These papers consist of correspondence, a trip diary, newsclippings, and writings. Hertzs interest in Soviet Jewry continued after his 1959 trip, and the papers also document his work with the Central Conference of American Rabbis Committee on Jews in the Soviet Orbit and other groups advocating for Soviet Jewry.
The Richard C. Hertz Papers are arranged into 9 series as follows:
SERIES A: SERMONS
SERIES B: CHAPLAINCY
SERIES C: CORRESPONDENCE
SERIES D: CIVIL RIGHTS
SERIES E: SOVIET JEWRY
SERIES F: ACADEMIC MATERIALS
SERIES G: WRITINGS AND ADDRESSES
SERIES H: TRAVEL DIARIES
SERIES I: PHOTOGRAPHSSeries A is a complete set of the typescript sermons of Rabbi Hertz. Rabbi Hertzs views on Jewish issues, world, national and local politics, as well as the State of Israel, social problems and current controversies can be seen through these sermons. The sermon index at the beginning of the series is a chronological listing of each sermon that includes title and date. The sermons themselves are arranged chronologically and span his entire rabbinic career from his early assistant rabbi positions in the Chicago area and his chaplaincy during World War II, to his final pulpit as senior rabbi of Temple Beth El in Detroit. Span dates are 1942-1993.
Series B consists of records pertaining to Hertzs service as a chaplain stationed at Fort Ord, California, during World War II. Papers include camp newsletters, photographs, correspondence with other chaplains as well as congregants in the Salinas, California area, correspondence with the Jewish Welfare Board that includes monthly reports containing statistics and information about Jewish activities at Fort Ord, and records of High Holy Day and Seder services. Span dates for the series are 1943-1946. Records that reflect Hertz later work with the Central Conference of American Rabbis Committee on Chaplaincy are included in Series C (Correspondence), and his sermons during his chaplaincy are included in Series A (Sermons).
The correspondence in Series C is arranged alphabetically by name of subject, correspondent, or organization. The bulk of the papers reflect Hertzs activities as Senior Rabbi of Detroits Temple Beth El (1953-1993), although there are some materials that deal with his two assistant rabbi positions at North Shore congregation Israel in Glencoe, Illinois (1942-1946), and Temple Sinai in Chicago (1947-1953). The files also document his participation in the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Board of Alumni Overseers, the National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis, the Jewish Chautauqua Society, and various Detroit-area civic, educational and interfaith organizations. Span dates for the series are 1946-1990.
Records in Series D reflect Hertzs service on the Michigan Advisory Committee of the
United States Commission on Civil Rights. Included are materials pertaining to affirmative action and equal housing in Michigan as well as reports of the Michigan Advisory Committee (1980-1984). Span dates for entire series are 1962-1984, with the bulk of materials in the early 1980's.Records in Series E reflect Rabbi Hertzs interest and advocacy for Jews in the Soviet Union as well as a trip he made to Russia in 1959. Hertz traveled to Russia at the request of President Eisenhower who wanted information on the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union. Materials include articles, newsclippings, Hertz diary of the trip, correspondence, reports, a memorandum to the White House detailing Hertz findings on the trip, files documenting Hertz involvement with the Central Conference of American Rabbis Committee on Jews in the Soviet Orbit, and materials from an American Jewish Congress conference on Soviet Jewry in 1964. Span dates for the series are 1958-1987, with the bulk of materials falling between 1959-1964.
Files in Series F reflect Rabbi Hertzs activities teaching courses on the Holocaust and Jewish Studies at the University of Detroit, Mercy, as well as various adult education classes. Included are course outlines, correspondence, notes, and nearprint. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject and the span dates are 1947-1995.
Rabbi Hertz was a prolific writer and speaker throughout his career on a variety of subjects including Jewish history and identity, social problems, current events, and politics. Series G consists of many of his writings and addresses as well as correspondence pertaining to these activities. Also included is a copy of his 1948 Ph.D. dissertation on Reform Jewish education. Files are arranged alphabetically by the title of article or address and the dates span 1948-1996.
Series H consists of three brief travel diaries Hertz kept when he toured to Israel in 1969, 1985 and 1988 and the Photographs in Series I consist mainly of images from services at Sinai Temple in Chicago and Temple Beth El in Detroit.
BOX AND FOLDER LISTING
Box Folder Contents SERIES A: SERMONS 1 1 Sermon index, 1942-1993 2 Sermons, Sept.- Nov., 1942 3 Sermons, Jan.- June, 1943 4 Sermons, Sept., 1943 - April, 1944 5 Sermons, May-Nov., 1944 6 Sermons, Jan.- April, 1945 7 Sermons, May - Aug., 1945 8 Sermons, Sept.- Dec., 1945 2 1 Sermons, Jan., 1946-May, 1946 2 Sermons, Dec., 1946-May, 1947 3 Sermons, Sept., 1947-May, 1948 4 Sermons, Sept., 1948-Jan., 1949 5 Sermons, Feb. - May, 1949 6 Sermons, Sept., 1949-May, 1950 7 Sermons, Sept., 1950-Jan., 1951 3 1 Sermons, Feb - May, 1951 2 Sermons, Sept, 1951-Jan., 1952 3 Sermons, Feb.-May, 1952 4 Sermons, Sept., 1952-Feb., 1953 4 1 Sermons, April-Sept., 1953 2 Sermons, Sept.-Nov., 1953 3 Sermons, Dec., 1953-March, 1954 4 Sermons, April-June, 1954 5 Sermons, Sept.-Nov., 1954 6 Sermons, Dec., 1954-June, 1955 5 1 Sermons, Sept-Dec., 1955 2 Sermons, Jan.- June, 1956 3 Sermons, Sept- Dec., 1956 4 Sermons, Jan. - June, 1957 5 Sermons, Sept. - Nov., 1957 6 Sermons, Dec., 1957 - June, 1958 6 1 Sermons, Sept. - Dec., 1958 2 Sermons, Jan.- June, 1959 3 Sermons, Oct.- Dec., 1959 4 Sermons, Jan.- May, 1960 5 Sermons, Sept.- Dec., 1960 6 Sermons, Jan.- May, 1961 7 1 Sermons, Sept.- Nov., 1961 2 Sermons, Dec., 1961 - May, 1962 3 Sermons, Sept.- Oct., 1962 4 Sermons, Nov., 1962 - May, 1963 5 Sermons, Sept.- Nov., 1963 6 Sermons, Dec.1963-May, 1964 8 1 Sermons, Sept.- Oct., 1964 2 Sermons, Nov., 1964-May, 1965 3 Sermons, Sept.-Dec., 1965 4 Sermons, Jan.- May, 1966 5 Sermons, Sept., 1966-May, 1967 9 1 Sermons, Oct.- Nov, 1967 2 Sermons, Dec., 1967-May, 1968 3 Sermons, Sept.- Nov., 1968 4 Sermons, Dec., 1968 - May, 1969 5 Sermons, Sept.- Dec., 1969 6 Sermons, Jan. - May, 1970 10 1 Sermons, Sept. - Dec., 1970 2 Sermons, Jan. - May, 1971 3 Sermons, Sept., 1971 - May, 1972 4 Sermons, Sept., 1972 - May, 1973 5 Sermons, Sept., 1973 - May, 1974 6 Sermons, Sept., 1974 - May, 1975 11 1 Sermons, Sept., 1975 - July, 1976 2 Sermons, Sept. - Nov, 1976 3 Sermons, Dec., 1976 - May, 1977 4 Sermons, Sept., 1977 - Jan., 1978 5 Sermons, Feb.- May, 1978 6 Sermons, June, 1978 - June, 1979 12 1 Sermons, Sept., 1979 - Dec., 1980 2 Sermons, 1981 3 Sermons, 1982 - 1985 4 Sermons, 1986 - 1993 SERIES B: CHAPLAINCY 13 1 Chapel Notes, Fort Ord, California, (newsletter), 1944 2 Schmooze Sheet for Chaplains (newsletter), 1945-1946 3 Seder, Fort Ord, California, 1944 4 Photographs, Fort Ord, California, 1944-1945 5 High Holy Days, 1943-1945 6 Jewish Welfare Board, Chatter (newsletter), 1944-1945 7 Jewish Welfare Board, Salinas, California, 1944-1945 8 Jewish Welfare Board, monthly reports, 1944-1945 9 Jewish Welfare Board, Jewish Book Council, 1944-1945 10 Jewish Welfare Board, Phillip Graubart, 1944-1945 11 Jewish Welfare Board, Committee on Army and Navy Religious Activities, 1943-1946 12 Jewish Welfare Board, miscellaneous, 1944-1945 14 1 National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1944-1945 2 Killed in action, 1944-1945 3 Form letters, 1944-1945 4 Chaplains Who Serve - radio broadcast, 1944 5 Correspondence with chaplains, 1943-1945 6 Correspondence from congregants, 1944 7 Correspondence from congregants, 1945 8 Correspondence, general, 1944-1945 9 Salinas, California, congregation, 1944-1946 10 Chaplains school, Harvard University, 1943-1944 SERIES C: CORRESPONDENCE 15 1 Abrams, Charles, 1956 2 Allied Jewish School Board, Chicago, 1952 3 American Council for Judaism, 1956 4 American Jewish Archives, 1950-1953 5 American Jewish Committee, 1950 6 American Jewish Committee, Russell Woods Project, 1958 7 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1948 8 Anshehl, Arthur, E., 1977 9 Atlantic Council, 1956-1962 10 Baron, Joseph L., 1943-1946 11 Bargman lectures, 1972-1976 12 Bar/Bat Mitzvah standards and procedures, 1975 13 Bar/Bat Mitzvah correspondence, 1953-1965 14 Baylinson, David, 1957-1965 15 Becker Amendment, 1964 16 Berry, Harold and Lewis, 1975 17 Berman, Morton, 1952 18 Beth El 125th Anniversary, 1975 16 1 Biographical, 1946-1953 2 Blessed Sacrament Interfaith Service, 1967 3 Bloomfield Hills seminar on Judaism, 1976-1980 4 Blumenfield, Samuel, 1951-1952 5 Bnai Brith, 1970-1979 6 Board of Jewish Education, 1951 7 Board of Jewish Education, 1952 8 Bogota convention, 1959-1970 9 Brokan, Lawrence, 1952 10 Buckner, Norman, 1954 17 1 Campsite for temple, 1957-1963 2 Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, 1974-1977 3 Cedarbaum, David, 1947-1948 4 Cemetery Committee, 1950 5 Center synagogue inquiries, 1952 6 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Chaplaincy Committee, 1965-1968 7 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Chaplaincy Committee, 1969-1970 8 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Chaplaincy Committee, 1971-1973 9 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Church & State Commission, 1955-1964 18 1 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Committee on Distribution of Union Prayerbooks, 1950-1952 2 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Committee on Mixed Marriage, 1965-1967 3 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Committee on Religious Education, 1976 4 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Commission on Interfaith Activities, 1966-1967 5 Central Conference of American Rabbis, concerned members, n.d. 6 Central Conference of American Rabbis, convention, June, 1972 7 Central Conference of American Rabbis, general correspondence, 1949-1953 8 Central Conference of American Rabbis, general correspondence, 1965-1970 9 Central Conference of American Rabbis, general correspondence, 1971-1979 10 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Institution on Religion and Psychology, 1951 19 1 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Religious Education Committee, Kallah, June, 1965 2 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Joint Commission on Social Action, 1971-1975 3 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Joint Commission on Jewish Education, 1970-1971 4 Channel 56 (Detroit), Anti-Defamation League, 1978 5 Chaplaincy, 1964-1967 6 Chaplaincy, 1968-1978 7 Chaplaincy procurement at HUC-JIR, 1966 8 Chaplains retreat, Germany, 1973 9 Chautauqua, New York, 1971 20 1 Chicago Federation of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1949 2 Chicago Federation of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1950-1951 3 Chicago Federation of Reform Synagogues, 1948 4 Chicago Federation of Reform Synagogues, 1949-1952 5 Chicago Rabbinical Association, 1946-1948 6 Chicago Rabbinical Association, 1949-1950 7 Chicago Rabbinical Association, Kallah, 1951 8 Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1955-1967 9 Church Women United, Birmingham, Michigan, 1977 21 1 Cisler, Walker L., 1971 2 Citizens Advisory Committee on Police Procedures, 1958-1964 3 Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons, 1947-1950 4 Citizens Committee for Equal Opportunity, 1963-1967 5 Citizens for a United Detroit, 1964-1969 6 College of Jewish Studies, 1954-1978 8 Combined Campaign, 1956-1961 7 Combined Campaign, Nelson Glueck Testimonial, 1962 22 1 Community Center Committee, 1950-1952 2 Committee for Honest Elections, 1962 3 Committee on Ceremonies, 1959-1960 4 Council of Hyde Park and Kenwood Churches and Synagogues, 1950-1953 5 Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, 1974-1976 6 Cronbach, Abraham, 80th birthday, 1962 23 1 Davidovic, Emil, 1959-1971 2 Dial-a-Prayer, n.d. 3 Displaced persons bill, 1948-1949 4 Detroit Council of Churches, 1955-1968 5 Detroit Institute of Technology, 1954-1976 6 Detroit newspapers, 1967-1968 7 Detroit Zionist Federation, 1975-1978 8 Drachler, Norman, 1952-1978 9 Drinan, Robert, 1978 24 1 Egelson, Louis, 1947-1953 2 Eisendrath, Maurice, 1945-1951 3 Eisendrath International Exchange Program, 1964-1976 4 Eliezer, Rafaeli, 1984-1990 5 Experimental services, 1971 6 Fan mail, 1960-1967 7 Feldman, Milton E., 1974 8 Ford Motor Company Service Award, 1963 9 Foreign Policy Briefing Conference, 1962-1968 10 Focus Hope, 1975 11 Fourth Tuesday, 1975-1978 12 Fox, Michael, 1962-1968 13 Fragrance garden for the blind, n.d. 14 Franklin, Leo, I., 1961-1977 15 Freehof, Solomon B. responsa, 1972 16 French consulate, 1975 17 Gershenson, Aaron H., 1977 18 Gitlin, Barry, 1970-1976 19 Gitin, Seymour, 1976-1978 20 Glaser, Joseph B., 1977 21 Glaser, Benedict, 1953-1954 25 1 Glueck, Nelson, 1954-1970 2 Gottesman, Mabel, 1978 3 Gottschalk, Alfred, 1971-1977 4 Governors Ethical and Moral Panel, 1965 5 Governors Ethical and Moral Panel, 1966-1968 6 Great Lakes Biennial (UAHC), 1958 7 Greater Detroit Motion Picture Council, 1954-1970 8 Greater Michigan Foundations, 1969-1974 9 Greenblatt, Peter, 1971 10 Gribbs, Roman S., 1971 11 Gun control, 1968 12 Gun control, 1977-1978 26 1 General correspondence (A), 1950-1952 2 General correspondence (B), 1947-1953 3 General correspondence (C), 1952 4 General correspondence (D), 1950-1952 5 Handleman, Phillip, 1970 6 Handleman, Paul L., 1970 7 Harriet Berg Dancers, 1974 8 Harris, Steven, 1972 9 Harvard University, 1958-1959 10 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, re: independence, 1962 27 1 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Board of Governors, 1969-1979 2 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, centennial, 1975 3 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, chapel address, 1970 4 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Englander lecture, 1965-1966 5 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, homecoming services, 1968-1973 6 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem, 1974-1976 7 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers, 1962-1967 28 1 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers, 1968-1969 2 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers, 1970 3 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers, 1971 4 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers, 1972-1973 5 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers, 1977-1978 6 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers scholarship fund, 1966-1967 7 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Rabbinic Board of Alumni Overseers scholarship fund, 1975-1976 8 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Sabbath, Detroit, 1973-1976 9 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1976 10 Hertz, Richard C., 5th anniversary, 1958 11 Hertz, Richard C., 10th anniversary, 1963 12 Hertz, Richard C., 25th anniversary, 1978 13 Hertz, Richard C., Installation at Temple Beth El, 1953 14 High Holy Day services, radio and TV, 1964-1974 15 High school graduation, 1970-1978 29 1 Hillel Foundation, 1964-1975 2 Haberman, Joshua, 1958 3 Imerman, Stanley Memorial Fund, 1977-1978 4 Institute for Jewish Planning and Research, 1975 5 Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, 1968-1972 6 Interfaith Emergency Council, Detroit, 1967-1968 7 Interfaith Emergency Council, Detroit, 1968-1969 8 International Freedom Festival, 1959-1961 9 Isenberg, Richard, 1974-1977 10 Israel Committee, 1968-1970 11 Israel congregational pilgrimage, 1971-1972 12 Israel congregational pilgrimage, 1975 13 Israel, Judah A., 1957-1971 30 1 Israel scholarships, 1967-1968 2 Israel scholarships, 1964-1975 3 Israel State Department letters, 1968-1974 4 Israel tours, 1975 5 Israeli bonds, 1973 6 Israeli Consulate, Chicago, 1968-1978 7 Israeli Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1975 8 Israeli flag, 1975-1977 9 Ittamar, J.E., 1973-1974 10 Ittamar, J.E., 1974-1975 11 Jewish Chautauqua Society, 1970-1982 31 1 Jewish Chautauqua Society, Adrain College, 1964 2 Jewish Chautauqua Society, Albion College, 1959-1964 3 Jewish Chautauqua Society, Colombiere College, 1965 4 Jewish Chautauqua Society, Duns Scottus College, 1975 5 Jewish Chautauqua Society, Hillsdale College, 1960-1964 6 Jewish Chautauqua Society, Lasell Junior College, 7 Jewish Chautauqua Society, Mercy College, 1963-1964 8 Jewish Chautauqua Society, University of Toledo, 1954-1966 9 Jewish Chautauqua Society, talk to Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1956 10 Jewish Community Council of Greater Detroit, 1964-1969 11 Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, 1970-1974 12 Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, 1975-1980 32 1 Jewish education study, 1955-1965 2 Jewish Federation of Chicago, 1940-1947 3 Jewish Federation of Chicago, 1948-1952 4 Jewish holidays and public schools, 1955-1958 5 Jewish Music Month, 1953-1973 6 Jewish Welfare Fund, Cincinnati, 1938-1940 7 Jewish Welfare Federation, 1964-1965 8 Jordon, Charles H., 1967 33 1 Kiev, Ari, 1978 2 Klein, Ruth, 1952-1962 3 Kollek, Teddy, 1977 4 Kushner, Lawrence, 1961-1969 5 Lazar, Jaffrey, 1974-1978 6 Lelyveld, Arthur, 1977 7 Leo Baeck School, Haifa, 1972-1978 8 Leo M. Franklin Memorial Fund, 1964-1977 9 Levin, Yehuda Laib, 1968 10 Lewis, Albert, 1966-1969 11 Life Magazine article on Judaism, 1955 12 London, England, 1971 34 1 Maas, Bernard, 1978 2 Maas, Bernard L., scholarship, 1964-1966 3 Mann Louis L. Archives, 1970 4 Manuel, Michael, 1974 5 Marcus, Jacob R., 1976-1978 6 Marks-Greenstone matter, 1966 7 Marriages, 1942-1943 8 Maryglade College Knights of Charity Award, 1965-1968 9 Meadowbrook Hall, 1977 10 Medical Committee of Beth El, 1957 11 Mens Club, 1971 12 Mesila, 1976 13 Message of Israel, 1967-1977 14 Metropolitan Detroit Citizens Development Authority, 1966-1972 15 Michigan Association of Reform Rabbis, 1956-1972 16 Michigan Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, 1965-1976 35 1 Michigan State Temple Youth, 1966-1978 2 Michigan State Temple Youth Conclave, 1967 3 Michigan Spiritual Foundations Day, 1955-1961 4 Midever, Walter, 1967-1968 5 Midwest Biennial - Union Of American Hebrew Congregations, 1958 6 Milhaud, Danus, 1971 7 Miller, A.M., 1967 8 Millikin, William G., 1977 9 Minda, Albert, 1977 10 Modras, Ronald, 1978 11 Morgenstern, Julian, 1970 12 Morlion, Felix A., 1970 13 Mount Olivet Methodist Church, 1970 14 National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis, 1988-19891 National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis, 1989-1990 2 National Jewish Welfare Board, 1972 3 National Jewish Welfare Board, 1973 4 National Jewish Welfare Board, 1974 5 National Jewish Welfare Board, 1975-1976 6 National Jewish Welfare Board, 1977-1980 7 Negro converts to Judaism, 1960-1961 8 Nixon, Richard, 1971 9 North Woodward Interfaith Corporation, 1967-1971 10 Northwestern University, 1946-1949 11 Nuclear test ban, 1963 12 Okomoto, Hiroshi, 1964-1974 13 Planned Parenthood, 1958-1971 37 1 Polier, Justine, 1957 2 Poverty program, 1967 3 Prague Torahs, 1972 4 Prayer in schools United States Supreme Court decision, 1954-1962 5 Primus, Charles, 1978 6 Rabbis, correspondence with, 1947-1948 7 Rabbis, correspondence with, 1949-1950 8 Rabbis, correspondence with, 1951 9 Rodef Shalom, Pittsburgh, 1976 10 Romney, George, 1963-1964 11 Romney, George, 1965-1966 12 Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1969-1972 13 Read, Gerald, 1958 38 1 Sachar, Abraham, 1977 2 Sacred Heart Seminary, 1976 3 Samuels, Robert I., 1978-1979 4 Sarason, Richard, 1969-1973 5 Sarna, Jonathan, 1988 6 Schwartz, Alan, 1978 7 Sinai nursery school, 1949 8 Sinai PTA, 1949-1951 9 Skillman Foundation, 1970-1973 10 Soviet Jewry, 1960-1963 11 Speaking engagements , 1953-1960 12 Syme, Daniel, 1966-1968 13 Tercentenary committee, 1953-1954 14 Thanksgiving interdenominational community service, 1953-1956 15 Thanksgiving service, Middletown, OH, 1969 16 Theological Center of Greater Detroit, 1964-1966 39 1 Union of American Hebrew Congregations, Biennial convention in Montreal, 1967 2 Vatican, Office of Jewish-Christian Relations, 1970 3 Veterans Day, St. Pauls Cathedral, Detroit, Mi, 1969-1975 4 Vietnam, 1965-1972 5 Washington Pilgrimage, 1953-1956 6 Wayne County Community College, 1978 7 Wayne State University, 1973-1975 8 Wayne State University, RDNA Policy Committee, 1976 9 Weinberg, Dudley, 1976 10 Weiss, Herbert, 1954-1960 11 Welt, Joseph M. Memorial Fend, 1958-1972 12 Williams, Harvey, 1973-1975 13 White House reception honoring Menachem Begin, 1978 14 World Union for Progressive Judaism conference, 1961 15 Worship and Program Committee, 1974-1980 16 Wranglers minutes, 1969-1974 17 Yamasaki, Minoru, 1964 18 Young Peoples Society service, 1973-1974 SERIES D: CIVIL RIGHTS 40 1 Affirmative action in employment fact-finding meeting, May 1-2, 1980 2 Fleming, Arthur S., 1981 3 Metropolitan Conference on Open Occupancy, 1962-1963 4 Midwestern Regional Conference, July, 7-9, 1982 5 Midwestern and Southern Regional Conference, August, 28-40, 1984 6 Reinvestment and Housing Equality in Michigan Conference, July 9-10, 1979 41 1 Michigan Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Reports, 1980-1981 2 Michigan Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Reports, 1982 3 Michigan Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Reports, 1983 4 Michigan Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Reports, 1984 SERIES E: SOVIET JEWRY 42 1 Jews Behind the Iron Curtain, American Jewish Committee reports, 1958-1959 2 Memorandum to the White House, 1959 3 Broadcasts, 1959 4 Correspondence re: Russian trip, 1959-1960 5 Diary of Russian trip, To Russia on 44 Pounds, 1959 6 Jews in the Soviet Union, nearprint, 1957-1987 7 Writings on Soviet Jewry, 1959-1978 8 Newsclippings re: Russian trip, 1959 43 1 Visit of Moscow Chief Rabbi, Y.I. Levin, 1958 2 National Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry, 1972 3 American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, April, 1964 4 American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, April, 1964 5 American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, April, 1964 6 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Committee on Jews in the Soviet Orbit, 1961 7 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Committee on Jews in the Soviet Orbit, 1962 8 Central Conference of American Rabbis, Committee on Jews in the Soviet Orbit, 1963-1966 F: ACADEMIC MATERIALS 44 1 Courses of study for adult Jewish education, 1951-1957 2 Classics of Judaism notes, 1947 3 Epic Movements in the Jewish Past, 1960-1961 4 Historical Development of Judaism, confirmation class, 1960 5 The Romance of Jewish History, 1952-1953 6 Introduction to the Old Testament, 1957-1974 7 Philosophy of Judaism, 1979-1980 8 University of Detroit, 1970-1975 9 Hertz, Deborah, 1982 45 1 Holocaust class, University of Detroit, 1982-1997 2 Abandonment of the Jews in World War II - ca. 1975-1995 3 Auschwitz, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 4 Birth of Nazism, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 5 Christian conscience, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 6 Concentration camps, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 7 Final stage, resettlement and death camps, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 8 First stage, anti-Jewish legislation, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 9 German Jewry, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 10 Adolph Hitler, review of John Toland book, 1977 11 Hitlers tools, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 12 Teachers resources for the Holocaust, 1977-1982 13 Jewish response to the Holocaust in America, nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 46 1 Holocaust nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 2 Holocaust nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 3 Holocaust nearprint, ca. 1975-1995 4 How to Understand the Holocaust, a mini-course, 1979 5 Can We Forgive the Germans, a sermon, May 12, 1965 6 Rabbi Leo Baeck, Hero of the Holocaust, a sermon, March 28, 1980 7 What Shall We Teach our Children about Germany, a sermon, November 15, 1963 8 Holocaust Memorial Day after 30 years, 1977 9 Does our Policy in Germany Make Sense, a sermon, March 11, 1951 10 Sophies Choice, a film review, 1980 G: WRITINGS AND ADDRESSES 47 1 The American Jew in Search of Himself: Preface to Jewish Commitment, ca. 1959 2 Correspondence and press clippings re: The American Jew in Search of Himself, 1959-1963 3 The American Jew according to Look Magazine, May 17, 1958 4 Anti-Semitism: Assault Against Christ, n.d. 5 Apocrypha lectures, 1958 6 Are We Forsaking Freedom?, February 16, 1953 7 Baeck, Leo, 1956 8 Begin, Menahem, 1953 9 Buber, Martin, n.d. 10 Can There be Peace in the Middle East?, March 25, 1988 11 Civil Rights and Jews, September 19, 1963 12 Ecclesiastes lectures, 1963-1966, 1995 13 The Essence of Liberalism, 1950 14 Ethics of Judaism, March 21, 1949 15 Faith in Jewish Survival, 1961 16 Farmington High School baccalaureate, June 13, 1971 17 The Hebrew Bible and the Bicentennial, 1976 48 1 Heschel, Abraham, 1972-1983 2 How to be Religious in 1986, 1986 3 Impressions of Israel: My First Trip, 1956 4 Inaugural sermon Temple Beth El, 1953 5 The Influence of Judaism on Early America, 1954 6 Invocation at Republican National Convention, Detroit, 1980 7 Israels Crisis, 1969 8 Israel and the Palestinians, 1974 9 Jewish Calendar, n.d. 10 Jewish Identity Today, n.d. 11 Jewish Life Today, 1962 12 Jewish Message for Today, 1966 13 Jewish Response to the Bicentennial: Jews and Judaism on the American Scene, 1976 14 Narrative Themes of the Bible, 1952 15 Personal Judaism, 1968 16 Playing for Time, 1980 17 Positive Judaism, 1953 18 Prescription for a Heartache, page proofs, 1958 19 Prescription for a Heartache, publicity and correspondence, 1958 20 Prescription for a Heartache, lectures, 1958-1959 49 1 Rabbi Hertz Sees Jeffersonian Liberty Triumph, 1943 2 The Real Things of Life, 1955 3 Reflections for the Modern Jew, 1974; Reflections on Old Age, 1990 4 Religious Education Among American Reform Congregations (Ph.D dissertation), 1948 5 Rising Tide of Negro-Jewish Relations, Ebony Magazine, December, 1964 6 Haym Solomon, Son of Liberty, 1953 7 Shavout, 1996 8 The Shofar Sounds a Call to Conscience, 1996 9 Of Sorrow and Solace: A Manual for Times of Grief, n.d. 10 The Space Race or the Human Race?, 1969 11 The State of Jewish Education in Reform Congregations, 1924-1949, n.d. 12 The State of the Art of Preaching, 1986 13 United States Air Force Academy Jewish Cadet Baccalaureate Service, 1971 50 1 The Synagogue for Today, The Sentinel, Nov. 5, 1942 2 The Synagogue: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform, 1952 3 This I Believe, n.d. 4 In Time of our Freedom, 1976 5 To Serve My People: The Dilemma of the Pastoral Rabbi in the Big City, 1966 6 Judah Touro: The Man Who Loved His Fellow Men, 1953 7 What Can a Man Believe, 1967; What Counts Most in My Life, 1963 8 What is on the Agenda of Jewish Survival, 1962 9 What is our Jewish Identity, 1986 10 Whats New in Jewish Theology, 1962 11 What is a Jew, 1956 12 Why Do Good People Suffer, n.d. 13 Why Do Some People Get All the Breaks, n.d. 14 Why the World Loves Fiddler on the Screen, 1972 15 World of our Fathers, 1976 SERIES H: TRAVEL DIARIES 51 1 Rabbinical Mission to Israel, 1969 2 Mission to Arab countries and Israel, 1974 3 Diary of trip to Israel, January, 1985 4 Jerusalem Diary, March, 1988 SERIES I: PHOTOGRAPHS 5 New Sinai Temple, Chicago, first services, 1949 6 Sinai Temple, Chicago, ca. 1951-1953 7 Sinai Temple, Chicago, b/w snapshots, ca 1950-1953 8 Richard Hertz, portraits, 1949 9 Temple Beth El, Detroit, 1960-1972 10 Jerusalem, 1989Copyright © 2002 Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
