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A Finding Aid to the Stephan F. Barack Papers. 1970/2007.
Manuscript Collection No. 777
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Barack, Stephan F. |
| Title: | Stephan F. Barack Papers |
| Dates: | 1970-2007 |
| Quantity: | 1.6 linear feet (4 Hollinger boxes) |
| Abstract: | Sermons, addresses, writings and correspondence of Rabbi Barack. |
| Collection Number: | MS-777 |
| Language: | Collection material in English |
Biographical Sketch
Rabbi Stephan F. Barack was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 30, 1943 to Mr. and Mrs. Sam and Marguerite Barack. Rabbi Barack's commitment to living a Jewish life began immediately following his Bar Mitzvah. During his early youth, he attended Jewish summer camps and, in his teen years, he was an active member of the National Federation of Temple Youth, of which he was a life member. He served as a song leader for his local and regional youth groups, demonstrating his love for Jewish music and playing the guitar, which continued throughout his rabbinic career. He first visited Israel as a participant in a NFTY summer program in 1961.
Rabbi Barack graduated from Washington University in 1965, receiving an A.B. degree in philosophy. He then enrolled at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio to study for the rabbinate. During his time at HUC-JIR (among many other activities), Rabbi Barack served as a student rabbi in Livonia, Michigan and was the director of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Following ordination, Rabbi Barack served as Assistant Rabbi at Beth El Temple in Madison, Wisconsin and as Associate Rabbi at Temple Israel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While serving at Temple Israel, Rabbi Barack developed a unique year-round camping program at Camp Teko on Lake Minnetonka in Wayzata, Minnesota. The program was designed for Jewish children ranging in age from pre-school through high school. In 1981 Rabbi Barack moved to Pittsburgh to become the Senior Rabbi at Temple Sinai. In 1985 he moved to Temple Israel in Omaha, Nebraska, where he served until 1989.
At this point in his career, Rabbi Barack moved to Honolulu, Hawai'i. He was the rabbi at Temple Emanu-El in Honolulu and was a founder and leader of Temple Bet Shalom, also in Honolulu. During his time in Hawai'i - as well as in all his other positions - Rabbi Barack was a leader in the communal and religious affairs of his community and was active in promoting issues pertaining to social justice and welfare. He was a member of the Executive Board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and received numerous honors, including from state and local governments in Hawai'i for his numerous activities.
Through his work in the Hawai'i Council of Churches, Rabbi Barack was actively involved in the Council's efforts in promoting gay and lesbian rights. He signed the 1996 Statement on Same Gender Marriage that was part of an interfaith Perspective from the Hawai'i Council of Churches.
Rabbi Barack and his wife of 42 years, Renee, have two daughters: Jennifer and Deborah.
Rabbi Stephan F. Barack died on June 5, 2007 at the age of 64.
Scope and Content Note
Sermons, addresses, writings and correspondence of Rabbi Barack.
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged in two (2) series:
Conditions of Access and Use
Terms of Access and Use
The Stephan F. Barack Papers 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
Renee Barack, by the act of donating the Stephan F. Barack Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Barack heirs. 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.
Related Material
Related Collections
Barack, Stephan F. An Analysis of Editorial Opinions of Cincinnati Newspapers Towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict [student term paper]. 1967. SC-466
Barack, Stephan F. Awards and Citations. Flat File, Cabinet 6, Drawer 7.
Barack, Stephan F. Nearprint Biographies.
Barack, Stephan F. Papers. 1981. Rare Documents. [Restricted]
Barack, Stephan F. Photographs. PC-4926.
Separated Material
A set of temple bulletins from congregations where Rabbi Barack officiated have been transferred to the temple bulletins collection at the Klau Library, HUC-JIR, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Stephan F. Barack Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-777. Stephan F. Barack Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Stephan F. Barack Papers were received from Renee Barack, Wife, Honolulu, Hawaii in 2009.
Processing Information
Processed by Kevin Proffitt, April, 2010.
Index of Sermons |
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| Note: The following is an index to sermons contained in Series A. Sermons and Writings. 1970-2006. Index terms are followed by their box/folder location. | ||
| 'Truths' About Jews, June 21, 1991 | 2/2 | |
| Abortion, July 19, 1991 | 1/1 | |
| Accepting Tribe, The, June 28, 1991 | 1/1 | |
| Alone But Not Lonely, Undated | 1/1 | |
| American Jewish History: A Mostly Happy Experience, Undated | 1/1 | |
| Amnesty: A Forgotten Issue?, March 15, 1974 | 1/1 | |
| And Your Youth Shall See Visions..., January 17, 1975 | 1/1 | |
| Annual Report, May 11, 1988 | 1/1 | |
| Anti-Semitism, Undated | 1/1 | |
| Anti-Zionism and Israel = Anti-Semitism?, February 19, 1988 | 1/1 | |
| Arab Master Plan, The, December 26, 1975 | 1/1 | |
| Barack, Sam (Eulogy), Undated | 1/1 | |
| Between Us and Them, March 31, 1978 | 1/1 | |
| Black-Jewish Community Relations, Undated | 1/1 | |
| Brandeis, Louis, Undated | 1/1 | |
| Chanukah and the Christmas Dilemma, Undated | 1/2 | |
| Chanukah, December 14, 1973 | 1/2 | |
| Chanukah, January 2, 1986 | 1/2 | |
| Community Istanbul Service, Undated | 1/2 | |
| Confirmation, Undated | 1/2 | |
| Date Line Jerusalem, February 12, 1988 | 1/2 | |
| Diversity and Unity, Undated | 1/2 | |
| Diversity and Unity: The Nature of the Jewish Community, October 26, 1979 | 1/2 | |
| Educated But Unwise, April 6, 1984 | 1/2 | |
| Educated Heart, The, March 15, 1985 | 1/2 | |
| Eighties Are Over, The, March 11, 1988 | 1/2 | |
| Etting, Solomon, August 30, 1985 | 1/2 | |
| Falwell, Swaggart, Roberts, and Bakker, April 17, 1987 | 1/3 | |
| Federation Shabbat, March 1983 | 1/3 | |
| Folklore and Folkways, May 11, 1984 | 1/3 | |
| Four-Tenths of One Percent of the World's Population, Undated | 1/3 | |
| Friday Night Services, June 27, 1986 | 1/3 | |
| Fundamentalists' 'Truths', January 18, 1980 | 1/3 | |
| Gershwin, George, Summer 1980 | 1/3 | |
| God, Atheist and Agnostic..., January 6, 1979 | 1/3 | |
| Heroes, Humans, and History, April 13, 1984 | 1/3 | |
| Heroes, Humans, and History, January 4, 1980 | 1/3 | |
| Himeni, 2000 | 1/3 | |
| Insecurity of Freedom; The Nature of Reform, The, November 7, 1986 | 1/4 | |
| Interesting Jews in American History - Vignette, Undated | 1/4 | |
| Interesting Jews in American History, Undated | 1/4 | |
| Is Reform Becoming Orthodox?, January 24, 1975 | 1/4 | |
| Isaiah, Undated | 1/4 | |
| Israel - The Conflict and the Hope, January 1, 1988 | 1/4 | |
| Israel 25th Anniversary, 1973 | 1/4 | |
| Israel in Crisis, January 8, 1988 | 1/4 | |
| Israel Independence Day, April 1985 | 1/4 | |
| Israel Sermon, May 10, 1980 | 1/4 | |
| Israel's 40th Anniversary - Some Thoughts, November 27, 1987 | 1/4 | |
| Israel, Undated | 1/4 | |
| It Happened in January, January 21, 1983 | 1/4 | |
| It Happened in November, 1981 | 1/4 | |
| Jewish Authenticity, Undated | 1/5 | |
| Jewish Tales, Jewish Legends, Jewish Humor and What a Jew Should Be, June 1, 1984 | 1/5 | |
| Jewish View of World, October 1985 | 1/5 | |
| Jews and Non-Jews Falling in Love and Gettting Married, February 6, 1987 | 1/5 | |
| Joseph and His Brothers, December 27, 1985 | 1/5 | |
| Judge Bork and the Supreme Court, August 21, 1987 | 1/5 | |
| Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue, December 19, 1986 | 1/5 | |
| Kashrut, January 14, 1983 | 1/5 | |
| Know How to Answer, November 25, 1977 | 1/5 | |
| Kol Nidre Eve, 1986 | 1/5 | |
| Kol Nidre Eve, 1998 | 1/5 | |
| Kol Nidre, 1992 | 1/5 | |
| March on Washington, December 6, 1987 | 1/6 | |
| Middle East Crisis, The, August 17, 1990 | 1/6 | |
| Modern Commentary on the Ten Commandments, A, 1985 | 1/6 | |
| Moses, Undated | 1/6 | |
| My Dreams for the Future, November 6, 1987 | 1/6 | |
| New Initiative - Back to Jewish Roots, A, January 29, 1988 | 1/6 | |
| New Members' Dinner, November 21, 1986 | 1/6 | |
| New Right, The, February 1982 | 1/6 | |
| Noble Prizes, April 25, 1986 | 1/6 | |
| Of Sten Guns, Uzi's, The Golan Heights, and Fifteen Years Passed, March 26, 1976 | 1/6 | |
| On Keeping Kosher, April 20, 1979 | 1/6 | |
| On the Purpose of Religion, March 23, 1979 | 1/6 | |
| On the Torah, March 2, 1979 | 1/6 | |
| One Generation After, Undated | 1/6 | |
| Our Influence for the Better, February 22, 1980 | 1/6 | |
| Parenthood, January 1985 | 1/7 | |
| Parenthood, Undated | 1/7 | |
| Particular Kind of Hero, A, Undated | 1/7 | |
| Passover, April 6, 1979 | 1/7 | |
| Passover, Undated | 1/7 | |
| People Cried, the People Danced, The, Undated | 1/7 | |
| People of the Book, The, November 18, 1977 | 1/7 | |
| People of the Idea, April 4, 1980 | 1/7 | |
| Perspective on a New Year, January 12, 1990 | 1/7 | |
| Pesach Primer, A, Undated | 1/7 | |
| Purim Again, March 16, 1984 | 1/7 | |
| Purim, 1975 | 1/7 | |
| Purim, February 26, 1988 | 1/7 | |
| Purpose of Religion, Undated | 1/7 | |
| Quest, 1989 | 1/7 | |
| Questions Students Ask, February 25, 1977 | 1/7 | |
| Questions Students Ask, October 26, 1984 | 1/7 | |
| Rabbi's Message, Undated | 1/8 | |
| Recent News - It's Not All Good, April 8, 1988 | 1/8 | |
| Reflections on a First Year, May 23, 1986 | 1/8 | |
| Reform Judaism and Israel, Fall 1981 | 1/8 | |
| Reform Judaism and Israel, Undated | 1/8 | |
| Reform Realities in Israel, November 13, 1987 | 1/8 | |
| Religious Significance of the State of Israel, The, Undated | 1/8 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Eve Sermon, 1998 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Eve, 1985 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Eve, September 9, 1972 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Evening, 1989 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Evening, September 11, 1988 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Message, September 23 1987 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Morning, 1985 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Morning, 1986 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Morning, 2000 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah Morning, September 12, 1988 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, 1977 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, 1978 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, 1979 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, 1980 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, 1986 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, 1986 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, September 22, 1979 | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, Undated | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, Undated | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, Undated | 2/1 | |
| Rosh Hashanah, Undated | 2/1 | |
| Rules, Politics, Hopes and Expectations, February 20, 1987 | 1/8 | |
| S'licchot Talk, 1986 | 2/2 | |
| Sarnoff, David, Undated | 2/2 | |
| Some 12th Century Lessons, Undated | 2/2 | |
| Some Things Borrowed, November 21, 1980 | 2/2 | |
| Soviet Jewry, Undated | 2/2 | |
| Spirit of This Time of Year, The, December 25, 1987 | 2/2 | |
| Subject to Paradigms, 1985 | 2/2 | |
| Subject to Paradigms, February 16, 1979 | 2/2 | |
| Sukkot, 1974 | 2/2 | |
| The Dilemma Revisited, December 19, 1980 | 1/2 | |
| The Leaf and the Tree, Undated | 1/6 | |
| Three Who Changed the World, March 7, 1980 | 2/2 | |
| To Be an Expert in Judaism, 1982 | 2/2 | |
| To Include the Excluded, January 9, 1987 | 2/2 | |
| Today's Soviet Jewry, February 23, 1990 | 2/2 | |
| Varieties of Jewish Experience, August 14, 1987 | 2/3 | |
| Varieties of Jewish Experience, July 31, 1987 | 2/3 | |
| Varieties of Jewish Experience, Undated | 2/3 | |
| Variety: Atheist, Agnostic, Cronbach, Undated | 2/3 | |
| Visions for Our Youth, March 25, 1983 | 2/3 | |
| Vocabulary of Judaism, A, 1995 | 2/3 | |
| We Went to Israel, 1991 | 2/3 | |
| Westside Commencement, 1984 | 2/3 | |
| What Do They Really Think About Us?, December 19, 1975 | 2/3 | |
| What our Christian Friends and Neighbors are Doing Tonight, December 24, 1976 | 2/3 | |
| What We Believe, How We Feel, May 28, 1985 | 2/3 | |
| World in Waiting, A, January 30, 1987 | 2/3 | |
| Wouldn't It Be Nice If..., January 21, 1977 | 2/3 | |
| Yizkor Sermon, September 1990 | 2/3 | |
| Yom Haatzmaut, 1986 | 2/3 | |
| Yom Kippur Eve, 1985 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur Eve, 1987 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur Morning, 1985 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur Morning, 1986 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur Morning, 1989 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur Morning, 1994 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur Morning, 2000 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, 1975 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, 1978 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, 1981 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, 1982 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, 1988 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, 1991 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, 1994 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, October 1, 1979 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, September 1974 | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, Undated | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, Undated | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, Undated | 2/4 | |
| Yom Kippur, Undated | 2/4 | |
| Youth Programs, February 12, 1982 | 2/3 | |
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