TABLE OF CONTENTS
Series A. Administration. 1956-2001.
Series B. Activities and Organizations 1955-1992.
Series C. Social Service Department. 1958-1992.
Series D. Religious School. 1952-1968. 1981-1986.
Series E. Women's Organization. 1944-1996.
A Finding Aid to the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records. 1944-2003
Manuscript Collection No. 779
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (New York, N.Y.) |
| Title: | Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records. |
| Dates: | 1944-2003. |
| Quantity: | 18.81 linear feet (44 Hollinger boxes, 5 cassette boxes) |
| Abstract: | The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records document the mid to late 20th century history of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, a modern synagogue open to Jews and non-Jews alike. The records reflect the activities of the Synagogue, Social Services Department, Religious School, and Women’s Organization. |
| Collection Number: | MS-779 |
| Language: | Collection material in English. |
Institutional Sketch
The roots of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (SWFS) were planted in 1905, when Dr. Stephen Samuel Wise, who had already attracted national attention from the pulpit in Portland, Oregon, was under active consideration for the pulpit at Temple Emanu–El in New York City. When Dr. Wise learned that his sermons would be reviewed in advance by the temple’s board of trustees, he withdrew himself from consideration. In doing so, Rabbi Wise clearly stated his vision from his Portland pulpit, then sent it to the New York Times: "The chief office of the minister, I take it, is not to represent the view of the congregation, but to proclaim the truth as he sees it. A free pulpit, worthily filled, must command respect and influence; a pulpit that is not free, howsoever filled, is sure to be without potency or honor. In the pursuit of the duties of his office, the minister may from time to time be under the necessity of giving expression to views at variance with the views of some, or even many, members of the congregation."
Within months, Rabbi Wise was giving life to his vision of a free synagogue, holding synagogue services at the Hudson Theater on West 47th Street in New York City. After only a few weeks he was conducting services on the Lower East Side on Friday evenings and holding forums on social issues uptown on Sunday evenings. He so inspired those who heard his message that on April 15, 1907, more than a hundred of his followers met at the Hotel Savoy to establish a free synagogue. Henry Morgenthau, Sr., who would become the congregation’s first president, declared that day, "The Free Synagogue is to be free and democratic in its organization; it is to be pewless and dueless." A religious school opened that October, and six months later had an enrollment of 150 students. Dr. Wise’s Sunday morning services, held at the Universalist Church of Eternal Hope on West 81st Street, drew more than 1,000 people.
From its very beginnings the Free Synagogue was a groundbreaking institution. In December 1907 it established a Social Service Department, the first of its kind in a synagogue. Serving the needs of Jews on the Lower East Side, it was housed in Bellevue Hospital before it came under the roof of the synagogue. From 1907 through 1953 the Social Services Department was headed by Rabbi Sidney Goldstein, who was personally active in all aspects of social service; he also trained volunteers, and presented innovative lecture series for congregants to keep them up to date with the program. Louise Wise Services, a citywide adoption agency, had its origins at the synagogue when Louise Waterman Wise, wife of Stephen S. Wise, began finding homes for Jewish orphans who otherwise would have lived out their childhoods in institutions. Although attracted to Reform Judaism and fully committed to Judaism, Rabbi Wise’s Free Synagogue was free to all, "inclusive alike of the non-Jew and the Jew."
Rabbi Wise’s vision of a synagogue of life and light, a union of the bright ideals of Judaism and liberal democracy, reflected his lifelong commitment to the values of the faith he grew up in and its wider obligations of education, social justice, and community service. The Free Synagogue expanded rapidly. By October 1910, membership exceeded 500, and that year at Rosh Hashanah the pulpit was moved to Carnegie Hall. The next year, several brownstones were purchased on West 68th Street, and branches of the Free Synagogue started in the Bronx (1914), Washington Heights (1917), Flushing (1918), and Westchester County and Newark (1920). Rabbi Wise led the creation of the Jewish Institute of Religion in 1922, which moved into a new building at 40 West 68th Street (New York, NY) in 1922 and later merged with the Hebrew Union College, the Reform Jewish seminary.
Construction of the present synagogue building (at 30 West 68th Street New York, NY) began in 1940. Its cornerstone comes from the Temple in Jerusalem and was presented to Rabbi Wise by Brigadier Wyndham Deedes. On December 8, 1941, the synagogue's Executive Council was scheduled to consider contracts for the final construction but voted instead, that fateful day, to suspend construction for the duration of World War II. Work resumed in early 1947, and the new home of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue was dedicated on January 5, 1950. But Rabbi Wise was not at the dedication; he had died on April 19, 1949, only a month after attending the gala Diamond Jubilee Dinner to celebrate his seventy–fifth birthday. Rabbi Wise’s funeral, appropriately enough, was at Carnegie Hall.
Rabbi Edward E. Klein took as the pulpit as senior rabbi in 1949. In 1943 Rabbi Wise had personally selected Klein with the hope that he would succeed him, and so he did, guiding the congregation for the next thirty years. Cast in the same mold as his predecessor, Rabbi Klein was not only a beloved pastor to a vital, growing congregation but was a tireless community and religious leader as well. He spoke vigorously against huge expenditures on the arms race and was one of first religious leaders in the United States to protest American involvement in the Vietnam war. A president of the Lincoln Square Community Council and a founder of the West Side Jewish Community Council, Rabbi Klein played a key role in the development of the Lincoln Center area, paying especial attention to the relocation of the people who were uprooted by the project. And he broke ground by installing an Associate Rabbi (1973), Sally Priesand, the first woman to be ordained a rabbi (1972).
When the SWFS Social Service Department, the only agency housed in a synagogue ever to be supported by the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, lost Federation funding after almost four decades, it was Rabbi Klein who rallied the congregation to underwrite the vital social service programs, a tradition still followed today in the Synagogue’s funding of the Young Adventurers, a group for challenged adults, and Camp Shalom, a summer program for children from the community.
In 1980, Rabbi Balfour Brickner brought his vision of liberal Judaism to the pulpit of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Long active in Union of American Hebrew Congregations in interreligious affairs and the force behind the Reform movement’s National Commission on Social Action, on the bimah Rabbi Brickner continued a message based on social action and lay leadership. Never one to shrink from controversy, Rabbi Brickner spoke out boldly against U.S. involvement in Central America, corporate involvement in then–apartheid South Africa, abortion rights, civil rights, the environment, and the rights of the Palestinians.
But Rabbi Brickner also changed the synagogue itself, bringing to it a more participatory style of worship. Always philosophically accessible, the bimah became physically accessible, a place for congregants as well as clergy. The synagogue was also well guided by Associate Rabbi Helene Ferris, whose pastoral guidance reached out to all members. Music, always an integral but formal part of SWFS through the leadership of the distinguished liturgical composer, Dr. A. W. Binder, became visible in the person of the synagogue’s first and only cantor, Ellen L. Math. Cantor Math in turn started the children’s choir and the Stephen Wise Singers, an adult group that participates in SWFS services and has performed in several synagogues. A congregation that once listened today takes part in both traditional and contemporary music.
After Rabbi Brickner’s retirement in 1991, Rabbi Ira S. Youdovin took the pulpit until 1994. Rabbi Youdovin, one of at least six children of the congregation who have pursued rabbinic careers, served the congregation in 1994–1995, and reinvigorated adult study. His Saturday morning Torah study deepened the congregation’s commitment, as did his formal and informal instruction from every synagogue platform.
Senior Rabbi Gary M. Bretton–Granatoor was the fifth person to hold that office in the congregation’s nine–decade history. A strong teacher and leader, he brought the pulpit still closer to the congregation. As the Reform movement embraced traditions renewed by contemporary interpreters, Rabbi Bretton–Granatoor enriched worship with mi’shebeirach prayers and music with the strains of Israel and the modern Jewish experience. In the prophetic tradition of Rabbi Stephen Wise and the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue rabbis, he continued the call to social action, to learning, and above all to a meaningful Jewish life led in the knowledge and practice of Judaism.
Upon Rabbi Bretton–Granatoor’s leaving the SWFS pulpit, Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff assumed the position of interim rabbi. A distinguished rabbi who served his previous pulpit in Westfield, New Jersey, for more than thirty–five years, Rabbi Kroloff was a former president of the Central Conference of America Rabbis and has served the Reform movement in several important ways, including teaching at HUC–JIR, the reform seminary and working on major movement committees and the new Reform siddur. He brought to SWFS his rich spiritual and pastoral experience.
The 1990s saw the congregation’s dedication to a full Jewish life grow and intensify at every level. The Balfour Brickner Early Childhood Center grew rapidly, and its graduates can enter the Religious School and continue their Jewish education through high school. Congregants participate in a variety of adult education programs, from informal Shabbat morning Torah study to a year–long program leading to adult bar/bat mitzvah. The Synagogues commitment to hands–on social activism is reflected in such projects as the Emergency Food Program that feeds seventy homeless men and women every Shabbat morning, the ten bed shelter for homeless men maintained on Synagogue premises in cooperation with the Partnership for the Homeless, and the Momentum program which feeds, clothes, and counsels AIDS patients.
Since 2004, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch has led the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Rabbi Hirsch is well known in the international Reform community for his enlightened work as executive director of ARZA (Association of Reform Zionists of America) where he served for twelve years.
-- Adapted from “The First Ninety Years” found on the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue website and Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch’s biography, 12 May 2010.
Scope and Content Note
The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records document the "marriage of social justice and social action to the great teachings of [the Jewish] tradition [that] sets the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue apart from others" (quote taken from David Saperstein, Chair of the Commission of Social Action of Reform Judaism, April 2001, recorded on cassette #58). The collection contains administrative records (reports, minutes, committee files, etc.), sermons and speeches from holy day services, funeral and wedding records, adult education materials (such as conversion lessons), documentation of media involvement, internal organization records, Cantor Ellen Math’s papers, and audio/visual media recordings (television spots, video of Archbishop Desmond Tutu; audio recordings of services, special events, radio broadcasts, concerts, and education courses.
Internal organization records include the social services department (board records, financial documents, by-laws, correspondence, chronological files, subject files, and files on various activities and programs, such as AIDS forum, summer camps, retiree club, and homeless shelters), the religious school (curricula, board minutes, class lists), and the women’s organization (financial documents, correspondence, leadership lists, minutes, newsletter, and files on activities and programs, such as dreidel day, women's forum, and annual spring luncheons.
Cantor Ellen Math's papers include correspondence, memorabilia, contracts with musicians, bar/bat mitzvahs coordination, musical programming files, sheet music, and personal materials.
The notation [Balfour Brickner] is used throughout the box folder listing to indicate files that were distinctly his.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in seven (7) series:
- Series A. Administration. 1956-2001.
- Series B. Activities and Organizations. 1955-1992.
- Series C. Social Services Department. 1958-1992.
- Series D. Religious School. 1952-1968, 1981-1986.
- Series E. Women's Organization. 1944-1996.
- Series F. Cantor Ellen Math's Papers. 1959. 1977-1996.
- Series G. Audio/Visual Media. 1971-2003.
Conditions of Access and Use
Terms of Access and Use
The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records are open to all users. Access to "Series A, Subseries 2. The Fisher Foundation" is restricted until 70 years after student's death. Please consult an archivist to view these materials. The original manuscript collection is available in the reading room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.
Property and Literary Rights
The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, by the act of donating the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. 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
Binder, Abraham W. Papers. 1924-1969. MS-765.
Brickner, Balfour. Papers. 1950-2005. MS-776.
Klein, Edward E. Papers. 1937-1985, MS-702.
Priesand, Sally J. Installation [sound recording]. 20 October 1972. TR-937.
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Finding Aid of photographs held at Synagogue. 2000. SC-14582.
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Nearprint Geography.
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. Photographs. PC-4894.
Wise, Stephen S. Correspondence. 1907. SC-15202; 1923. SC-14831.
Wise, Stephen S. Papers. 1893-1969. MS-49.
Separated Material
A retirement scrapbook and three subject files were removed to the Balfour Brickner Papers, MS-776. Two transfer cases (4.17 linear feet) of Lincoln Square Community Council Records were removed to their own collection (unprocessed).
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-779. Stanley Dreyfus Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Records were received from The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in 2009. The collection resulted in the culmination of various records found in the basement of the Synagogue and reflects several creators and collectors.
Processing Information
Processed by Nathan Tallman, May 2010.
Box Folder Listing
| Series A. Administration. 1956-2001.[6 Hollinger boxes] | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: This series contains two subseries: Subseries 1. General and Subseries 2. Fisher Foundation. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1. General. 1956-2001. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes reports, minutes, bulletins, committee files, correspondence, membership files, and other materials relevant to the running of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Annual reports. 1981-1987 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Bequests. 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Board of Trustees. 1982-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Board of Trustees. 1984-1988 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Board of Trustees. 1989 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Board of Trustees. 1990 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Budget Committee. 1985-1990 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Bulletins. 1962-1964 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Bulletins and flyers. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Cemetery Committee. 1981-1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Chavurah Committee. 1980-1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Constitution Committee. 1982-1990 | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Correspondence. Arts and artists. 1981-1989 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Correspondence. P. 1987 | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Correspondence. Pastoral memos. 1961-1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Correspondence. Pastoral memos. 1990-1993 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Correspondence. Rabbi Robert S. Widom. 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Correspondence. Union of American Hebrew Congregations. 1998-2001 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Correspondence. Upper Park Avenue Community Association. 1967 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Correspondence. West Side Clergy Association. 1978-1982 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Correspondence. Y. 1991-1998 | |||||||||
| [Balfour Brickner] | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Correspondence. Z. 1994-2001 | |||||||||
| [Balfour Brickner] | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Dedication service. 1971 | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Directory. 1989-1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Early Childhood Committee. 1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | Endowments and Legacies Committee. 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | Funerals. 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | House Committee. 1980-1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Investment Committee. 1983. 1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11-12 | Israel Committee 1978-1989[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Landmarking of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. 1990 | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Legal Committee. 1980. 1985 | |||||||||
| 3 | 15-16 | Library [Edward E. Klein Memorial Library] Committee. 1980-1990[2 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Long Range Planning Committee. 1988-1989 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Membership analysis. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Membership Committee. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Membership. New. 1956-1964 | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Membership. New. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Membership lists. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 4 | 7-8 | Social action Committee. 1984-1992[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Social action Committee. Israel. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Social Action Committee. Legislation. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Social action Committee. National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council. 1990 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Temple Youth Committee. 1966 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Temple Youth Committee. 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Unveilings. 1961-1974 | |||||||||
| Subseries 2. The Fisher Foundation 1957-1981. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes financial statements, scholarship applications, transcripts, and other materials related to the philanthropic support of the Fisher Foundation (mostly scholarships). Contains a copy of the last will and testament of Joseph L. Fisher. These files were originally maintained by Rabbi Edward Klein. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Access Restrictions: Restricted until 70 years after student's death. Please consult an archivist to view these materials. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 1957 | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | 1960 | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | 1961 | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1962 | |||||||||
| 5 | 10 | 1963 | |||||||||
| 5 | 11 | 1964 | |||||||||
| 5 | 12 | 1965 | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | 1966 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 1967 | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1968 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 1969 | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | 1970 | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | 1971 | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 1972 | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 1973 | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | 1974 | |||||||||
| 6 | 9 | 1975 | |||||||||
| 6 | 10 | 1976 | |||||||||
| 6 | 11 | 1977 | |||||||||
| 6 | 12 | 1978 | |||||||||
| 6 | 13 | 1979 | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | 1980 | |||||||||
| 6 | 15 | 1981 | |||||||||
| Series B. Activities and Organizations 1955-1992.[10 Hollinger boxes] | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: This series contains five subseries: Subseries 1. Religious Services, Subseries 2. Adult Education, Subseries 3. Media, Subseries 4. Organizations, and Subseries 5. General. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1. Religious Services 1955-1991. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes correspondence, sermons, speeches, evaluation forms, other materials related to the observance and celebration of Jewish holidays. Funeral and wedding files contain official records of the ceremony. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 1 | Bar Mitzvah. 1961-1964 | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Bar Mitzvah. Speeches and tutors. 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | Bar Mitzvah. 1965 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | Bar Mitzvah. 1966-1968 | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Bar Mitzvah. 1996 | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Chanukah. 1980-1990 | |||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Chanukah party given by the 50 Club. 1959-1962 | |||||||||
| 7 | 8 | Chasidic. Undated | |||||||||
| 7 | 9 | Confirmation. 1964 | |||||||||
| 7 | 10 | Confirmation. 1965 | |||||||||
| 7 | 11 | Confirmation. 1967 | |||||||||
| 7 | 12 | Confirmation photograph. circa 1995 | |||||||||
| 7 | 13 | Conversions. 1964-1966 | |||||||||
| 7 | 14 | Funerals. 1961-1964 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | Funerals. 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | Funerals. 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | Funerals. 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Grandparent's Sabbath. 1985-1988 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | High Holy Days. Cards. 1963 | |||||||||
| 8 | 6-10 | High Holy Days. 1980-1984[5 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 9 | 1-6 | High Holy Days. 1985-1990[6 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 10 | 1 | Minyan. 1990 | |||||||||
| 10 | 2 | Passover/Seder. 1979-1990 | |||||||||
| 10 | 3 | Purim. 1981-1982 | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | Purim. 1983-1986 | |||||||||
| 10 | 5 | Purim. 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Purim. 1989-1991 | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | Rosh Hashanah. Children's service. 1986-1990 | |||||||||
| 10 | 8 | Saturday morning service. 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 10 | 9-12 | Selichot. 1955-1984[4 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 11 | 1-6 | Selichot. 1985-1990[6 folders] | |||||||||
| 11 | 7 | Selichot. Scholar-in-Residence. Larry Hoffman. 1990 | |||||||||
| 11 | 8 | Shabbat. Israel service. 1981 | |||||||||
| 11 | 9 | Shabbat. Shekalim. 1985 | |||||||||
| 11 | 10 | Shavout breakfast/lunch. 1988-1990 | |||||||||
| 11 | 11-13 | Sukkot/Simchat Torah. 1980-1990[3 folders] | |||||||||
| 11 | 14 | Yizkor Memorial Booklet. 1987-1990 | |||||||||
| 11 | 15 | Yom Kippur. 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 1 | Yom Kippur. 1995. Undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 2 | Yom Kippur. Children's service. 1988-1989 | |||||||||
| 12 | 3-7 | Weddings. 1962-1968[5 folders] | |||||||||
| Subseries 2. Education. 1959-1967. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes educational materials from conversions, midweek Hebrew lessons, telecourses, and faculty lectures. See also Series D. Religious School. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 8 | Conversions. 1964 | |||||||||
| 12 | 9 | Faculty lectures. Undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 10 | Midweek Hebrew. 1963-1967. Undated | |||||||||
| 12 | 11 | Telecourse. 1959-1963 | |||||||||
| Subseries 3. Media. 1972-1992. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes documentation of involvement in media projects, such as film festivals, and with the media industry. Industry involvements include and effort to establish a National Office of Jewish Media and the launching of the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network (now the Hallmark Channel). | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | Cable television. 1990 | |||||||||
| 12 | 13 | Establishment of a National Office of Jewish Media. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 12 | 14 | Film festivals. 1974-1978 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 13 | 1 | Future programming. 1982-1990 | |||||||||
| 13 | 2 | Joy Cantor [supplemental film materials]. 1972-1976 | |||||||||
| 13 | 3 | Radio shows. 1985 | |||||||||
| 13 | 4-5 | Script ideas. 1972. 1989-1991[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 13 | 6 | Tracings [TV documentary]. 1991 | |||||||||
| 13 | 7 | Vision Interfaith Satellite Network. 1988-1991 | |||||||||
| Subseries 4. Organizations. 1960-1968. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes records of internal organizations. Youth organizations were organized around grade levels; Pre-teen (6th – 7th grade), Nu-Teen (8th – 9th grade) and Tz’irim (10th – 12th grade). | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 13 | 8 | Brandeis Society. 1961-1968 | |||||||||
| 13 | 9 | Couples Club. 1960-1968 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 14 | 1-5 | Nu- and Pre- Teens. 1962-1968[5 folders] | |||||||||
| 14 | 6-10 | Tz'irim. 1962-1966[5 folders] | |||||||||
| 14 | 11-13 | Young Adult Group. 1961-1967[3 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 15 | 1 | Young Adult Group. 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 15 | 2 | Young Adult Group. Membership. 1963-1965 | |||||||||
| 15 | 3 | Youth Group. 1945. 1966-1969 | |||||||||
| Subseries 5. General. 1962-1967. 1981-1992. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes subject and miscellaneous activity files. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 15 | 4 | Brandeis "Out-of-Town College" reunion. 1962-1964 | |||||||||
| 15 | 5 | Chaplaincy. 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| 15 | 6 | Dialogue. 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 15 | 7 | Innovators. 1988-1990 | |||||||||
| 15 | 8 | Graduate school. 1967 | |||||||||
| 15 | 9 | Outreach. Mixed marriage and conversions. 1981-1984 | |||||||||
| 15 | 10 | Post mortem form [program evaluation]. 1981 | |||||||||
| 15 | 11 | Storytellers. 1987-1990 | |||||||||
| 15 | 12 | Young Jewish scholars. 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 15 | 13 | West Side Jewish Community Council. 1982-1983 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 16 | 1 | Miscellaneous. 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 16 | 2 | Miscellaneous. 1983-1992 | |||||||||
| Series C. Social Service Department. 1958-1992.[13 Hollinger boxes] | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes materials of former directors of the Synagogue’s social services activities: Rabbi Gerald A. Goldman, Rabbi Robert S. Widom, Nancy Rubinger, Sheri Bloom, and Robert Cohen. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: This series contains three subseries: Subseries 1. Administration, Subseries 2. Activities, and Subseries 3. Subject Files. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1. Administration. 1958-1967. 1981-1992. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes board records, financial documents, by-laws, correspondence, chronological files, miscellaneous materials, and the report Development of Social Services Programming for the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. The group with administrative responsibility was known as both the Social Service Board and the Social Service Committee. All records from both committees are filed under Board of Social Services and include reports, statistics, minutes, correspondence, job descriptions, and other materials. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically, with chronological files in a separate section. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 16 | 3-7 | Board of Social Services. 1984-1992[5 folders] | |||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Budgets. 1984-1987 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 17 | 1-2 | Budgets. 1984-1992[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | By-laws. Undated | |||||||||
| 17 | 4 | Correspondence of Nancy Rubinger. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 17 | 5 | Correspondence of Sheri Bloom. 1984-1986 | |||||||||
| 17 | 6 | Fundraising. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 17 | 7 | Internships. 1987 | |||||||||
| 17 | 8 | Invitations to outside events. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 17 | 9 | Material for bulletins. 1992 | |||||||||
| 17 | 10-11 | Public relations. 1981-1991[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 17 | 12 | Report. Development of Social Services Programming for the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.1990 | |||||||||
| 17 | 13 | Requests from congregants. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 17 | 14 | Requests from community. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| Chronological Files. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 18 | 1 | 1958 | |||||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1961 | |||||||||
| 18 | 3 | 1962 | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | 1963 | |||||||||
| 18 | 5 | 1964 | |||||||||
| 18 | 6 | 1965 | |||||||||
| 18 | 7 | 1966 | |||||||||
| 18 | 8 | 1967 | |||||||||
| 18 | 9 | 1981 | |||||||||
| 18 | 10 | 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| 18 | 11 | 1985 | |||||||||
| 18 | 12 | 1986 | |||||||||
| 18 | 13 | 1987 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 19 | 1 | 1988 | |||||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1989 | |||||||||
| 19 | 3 | 1990 | |||||||||
| 19 | 4-6 | 1991[3 folders] | |||||||||
| 19 | 7 | 1992 | |||||||||
| Subseries 2. Activities. 1960-1992. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes files for the various activities and programs run by the Social Services Department. Activities include AIDS forum, summer camps, daycare, retiree club (Golden Age), homeless shelter, pro-choice march, Young Adventurers Club, and others. Camp Shalom files include photographs and negatives. See also Subseries 3. Subject Files. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 20 | 1 | AIDS forum. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | Adopt-a-School. 1989-1992 | |||||||||
| 20 | 3-4 | Camp. 1960-1968[3 folders] | |||||||||
| 20 | 6 | Camp. Old Camp Shalom. 1978-1991 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 21 | 1-2 | Camp. Shalom. 1970-1992[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 21 | 3 | Common Cents. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 21 | 4 | Community conferences. 1991 | |||||||||
| 21 | 5 | Contemporaries. 1986-1991 | |||||||||
| 21 | 6 | Dinners. Shabbat. 1991 | |||||||||
| 21 | 7 | Early Childhood and Daycare Center. 1983-1991 | |||||||||
| 21 | 8 | Early Childhood and Daycare Center. Administrative. 1983-1987 | |||||||||
| 21 | 9 | Early Childhood and Daycare Center. Advisory Board. 1984-1987 | |||||||||
| 21 | 10 | Golden Age Club. 1985-1988 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 22 | 1 | Golden Age Club. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 22 | 2 | Golden Age Club. Bulletin. 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 22 | 3 | Grants. 1985-1989 | |||||||||
| 22 | 4 | Gymboree. 1984-1986 | |||||||||
| 22 | 5 | Hebrew Free Loan Society. 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 22 | 6 | Hoffman [Elizabeth Engel] Scholarship. 1990 | |||||||||
| 22 | 7-9 | Homeless shelter. 1983-1992[3 folders] | |||||||||
| 22 | 10 | Homeless shelter. Beyond Shelter Coalition of West Side Synagogues for Permanent Housing. 1989-1992 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 23 | 1-2 | Homeless shelter. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. 1985-1987[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 23 | 3 | Housing. Personal. 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 23 | 4 | Housing. Seniors. 1987 | |||||||||
| 23 | 5 | New Member Buddy program. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 23 | 6-7 | Outreach. 1982-1992[2 folders] | |||||||||
| [Helen Ferris] | |||||||||||
| 23 | 8 | Parent Support Group. 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 23 | 9-10 | Parenting/Jewish Family Center 1981-1988[2 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 24 | 1 | Privilege card [Union of American Hebrew Congregations]. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 24 | 2 | Pregnancy Loss Peer Support program. 1986 | |||||||||
| 24 | 3 | Pro-choice march. 1992 | |||||||||
| 24 | 4 | Programming ideas. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 24 | 5 | Rabbinic Aid program. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 24 | 6 | Safe sitter program. 1991 | |||||||||
| 24 | 7 | Seders. 1986 | |||||||||
| 24 | 8 | Tales from the Heart. 1991 | |||||||||
| 24 | 9 | Task Force on Synagogue Relations [United Jewish Appeal - Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.]. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 24 | 10 | Telephone Language Companion program. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 24 | 11 | Tot Shabbat. 1986-1987 | |||||||||
| 24 | 12-13 | Volunteers. 1990-1992[2 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 25 | 1 | Volunteers. Recognition. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 25 | 2 | Women's History Month [1991]. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 25 | 3 | Women's History Month [1992]. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 25 | 4 | Young Adventurers Club. 1969. 1981-1987 | |||||||||
| 25 | 5 | Miscellaneous. 1991. Undated | |||||||||
| Subseries 3. Subject Files. 1962-1992. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes subject files on various topics important to the Social Services Department. Files include nearprint, contact information for local resources, and notes. Subjects include abortion, blindness, domestic violence, employment, HIV/AIDS, housing, parenting, seniors, and others. See also Subseries 2. Activities. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 25 | 6 | Abortion. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 25 | 7 | Adoption. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 25 | 8 | Alzheimer's disease. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 25 | 9 | Bereavement. 1980-1992 | |||||||||
| 25 | 10 | Blindness. 1991 | |||||||||
| 25 | 11 | Central Park. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 25 | 12 | Childcare. 1991 | |||||||||
| 25 | 13 | College Youth. 1983-1986 | |||||||||
| 25 | 14 | Community Building 7 [organization]. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 25 | 15 | Criminals. 1991 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 26 | 1 | Domestic violence. 1986-1992 | |||||||||
| 26 | 2 | Education. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 26 | 3 | Education. Religious. 1984. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| 26 | 4 | Employment. 1968. 1972. 1985. 1991 | |||||||||
| 26 | 5-7 | HIV/AIDS. 1987-1992[3 folders] | |||||||||
| 26 | 8 | HIV/AIDS. Momentum Project. 1988-1992 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 27 | 1 | HIV/AIDS. Women. 1991 | |||||||||
| 27 | 2 | Housing. Harassment. 1977-1981 | |||||||||
| 27 | 3 | Housing. Homelessness. 1985-1992 | |||||||||
| 27 | 4 | Hunger. 1978-1992 | |||||||||
| 27 | 5 | Jewish Community Center of the Upper West Side. 1990-1992 | |||||||||
| 27 | 6 | Labor rights. 1985 | |||||||||
| 27 | 7 | Mental disabilities. 1968-1986 | |||||||||
| 27 | 8 | National health care. 1991-1992 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 28 | 1-2 | Parenting. 1962-1964. 1975-1976. 1991[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 28 | 3 | Parenting. Single parents. 1977-1986 | |||||||||
| 28 | 4 | Parenting. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families. 1985 | |||||||||
| 28 | 5 | Peace. 1985. 1992 | |||||||||
| 28 | 6 | Reform Jewish Outreach program. 1990-1991 | |||||||||
| 28 | 7 | Seniors. 1968. 1975. 1981-1992 | |||||||||
| 28 | 8 | Seniors. Aging. 1982. 1988-1992 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 29 | 1 | Seniors. Housing. 1987 | |||||||||
| 29 | 2 | Seniors. Housing. Skilled nursing. 1976. 1981-1987 | |||||||||
| 29 | 3 | Singles. 1985-1991 | |||||||||
| 29 | 4 | Suicide. 1977-1988 | |||||||||
| 29 | 5 | Volunteers. 1981-1992 | |||||||||
| 29 | 6 | Women. 1987-1992 | |||||||||
| 29 | 7 | Miscellaneous. 1983-1992 | |||||||||
| Series D. Religious School. 1952-1968. 1981-1986.[3 Hollinger boxes] | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Most files from the earlier date span belonged to Assistant Rabbi Gerald A. Goldman. Includes class lists, curriculum guides, Keren Ami records, registration, school board minutes, and Sunday school rosters. See also Series B. Activities and Organizations, Subseries 2. Adult Education, Subseries 4. Organizations (for youth groups) and Series F. Cantor Ellen Math's Papers, Subseries 1. Administration for correspondence on Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 30 | 1 | Book lists. 1962-1967 | |||||||||
| 30 | 2 | Class lists. 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 30 | 3 | Class notes. 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| 30 | 4 | Confirmation. 10th grade. 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 30 | 5 | Correspondence with students. 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| 30 | 6 | Curriculum guide. 1964. 1981 | |||||||||
| 30 | 7 | Delinquent contributions. 1966-1967 | |||||||||
| 30 | 8 | Faculty. 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| 30 | 9 | Graduation ceremony. 1964-1967 | |||||||||
| 30 | 10-13 | Keren Ami. 1961-1967[4 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 31 | 1-2 | Keren Ami. 1965-1968[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 31 | 3 | Keren Ami. 1986 | |||||||||
| 31 | 4 | Miscellaneous. 1961-1968 | |||||||||
| 31 | 5 | Open school day/night [parent-teacher meetings]. 1962-1965 | |||||||||
| 31 | 6 | Parents. 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| 31 | 7 | Passover. 1965-1968 | |||||||||
| 31 | 8 | Registration. 1963-1966 | |||||||||
| 31 | 9-10 | School board minutes. 1952-1968[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 31 | 11 | Student council. 1963-1967 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 32 | 1 | Sunday School rosters. 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 32 | 2 | Sunday School for adults. 1962-1967 | |||||||||
| 32 | 3 | Temple Youth Group. 1966-1968 | |||||||||
| 32 | 4 | Volunteers. Undated | |||||||||
| Series E. Women's Organization. 1944-1996.[5 Hollinger boxes] | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: This series contains two subseries: Subseries 1. Administration and Subseries 2. Activities. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1. Administration. 1944-1996. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes financial documents, correspondence, leadership lists, memberships lists, minutes (executive board and general), newsletter (News & Views), and regional/national meeting materials. The “black book” is a compilation of materials, mostly duplicates of the above, including minutes, leadership lists, correspondence, and annual reports of the president. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 32 | 5-6 | Black book. 1968-1978[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 32 | 7 | Budgets. 1973-1975. 1988-1994 | |||||||||
| 32 | 8 | Calendars. 1981-1995. Undated | |||||||||
| 32 | 9 | Constitution. 1959-1990. Undated | |||||||||
| 32 | 10 | Contributions. 1973-1978 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 33 | 1 | Correspondence. 1956-1995 | |||||||||
| 33 | 2 | Fund. Schloss. 1993-1994 | |||||||||
| 33 | 3 | Fund. Yes. 1989-1991 | |||||||||
| 33 | 4 | Leadership lists. 1944-1975. 1994 | |||||||||
| 33 | 5 | Leadership manuals. 1991-1994. Undated | |||||||||
| 33 | 6-7 | Membership. 1964-1977. 1986-1994[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 33 | 8-9 | Minutes. 1975-1990[2 folders] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 34 | 1-2 | Minutes. 1991-1996[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 34 | 3-5 | Miscellaneous. 1964-1986[3 folders] | |||||||||
| 34 | 6 | Newsletter. News & Views.1971-1981. 1990[2 folders, Incomplete set] | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 35 | 1 | Newsletter. News & Views.1971-1981. 1990[2 folders, Incomplete set] | |||||||||
| 35 | 2 | President's annual report. 1964-1986. Undated[Incomplete set] | |||||||||
| 35 | 3 | Women of Reform Judaism. National. Biennial Assembly. 1967-1969. 1988-1992 | |||||||||
| 35 | 4-5 | Women of Reform Judaism. District 3. Conferences, conventions, and meetings. 1970. 1985-1991. Undated[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 35 | 6 | Women of Reform Judaism. District 3. Leadership. 1967. 1976. 1989-1994 | |||||||||
| Subseries 2. Activities. 1957-1995. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes files on activities and programs of the women’s organization. Activities include dreidel day (with photographs from 1992), women’s forum, Haudalan, Or Ami award, and annual spring luncheons. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 35 | 7 | Advocacy. 1989-1991 | |||||||||
| 35 | 8 | Bicentennial jamboree with men's club. 1976 | |||||||||
| 35 | 9 | Drawings. 1975-1986 | |||||||||
| 35 | 10 | Dreidel Day. 1989-1993 | |||||||||
| 35 | 11 | Dreidel Day. Photographs. 1992. Undated | |||||||||
| 35 | 12 | Flyers. 1982-1996. Undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 36 | 1 | Forum. 1987-1991 | |||||||||
| 36 | 2 | Good Neighbor program. 1992 | |||||||||
| 36 | 3 | Haudalan. 1993 | |||||||||
| 36 | 4 | Installation services. 1987-1992. Undated | |||||||||
| 36 | 5 | Jewish Women's Workshop. 1981-1988. Undated | |||||||||
| 36 | 6 | Nearprint. 1987-1995. Undated | |||||||||
| 36 | 7 | Or Ami award. 1989-1993 | |||||||||
| 36 | 8 | Passover Seder. 1992-1995 | |||||||||
| 36 | 9 | Portable ark purchase. 1989-1993 | |||||||||
| 36 | 10 | Prayers. 1961. Undated | |||||||||
| 36 | 11 | Programming. 1967. 1975-1983. 1991-1994. Undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 37 | 1-2 | Programming ideas. 1989-1992[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 37 | 3 | Raffle. 1990-1993 | |||||||||
| 37 | 4 | Rosh Chodesh. 1988-1993 | |||||||||
| 37 | 5-6 | Shabbat. 1982-1995. Undated.[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 37 | 7-8 | Spring luncheon. 1957. 1964-1986[2 folders] | |||||||||
| Series F. Cantor Ellen Math's Papers. 1959. 1977-1996.[6 Hollinger boxes] | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: This series contains three subseries: Subseries 1. Administration, Subseries 2. Activities, and Subseries 3. Sheet Music. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1. Administration. 1959. 1977-1994. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes correspondence, contracts, and memorabilia. Correspondence covers cantor duties, bar/bat mitzvahs, and personal. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 38 | 1-6 | Correspondence. 1982-1993[6 folders] | |||||||||
| 38 | 7-12 | Correspondence. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. 1986-1993[6 folders] | |||||||||
| 38 | 13 | Correspondence. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Anniversaries. 1988-1990 | |||||||||
| 38 | 14 | Correspondence. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Congratulations. 1987-1989 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 39 | 1-2 | Correspondence. Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Congratulations. 1989/1994[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 39 | 3 | Correspondence. Children. 1980-1981 | |||||||||
| 39 | 4-9 | Correspondence. Personal. 1987-1993[6 folders] | |||||||||
| 39 | 10 | Contracts. Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutoring. 1987-1994 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 40 | 1-4 | Contracts. Choir. 1989-1992[4 folders] | |||||||||
| 40 | 5 | Hebrew names. 1991-1993 | |||||||||
| 40 | 6 | Memorabilia Temple B'nai Israel of Elmont. 1977-1978 | |||||||||
| 40 | 7 | Memorabilia Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. 1959. 1980-1984 | |||||||||
| Subseries 2. Activities. 1978-1996. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes files on musical programming. Programming includes concerts, music for services, Purim specials, and Yom Hashoah Holocaust remembrance. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 40 | 8 | Concert. "Bonia Shur: A Celebration of Jewish Music". 1984-1986 | |||||||||
| [Balfour Brickner] | |||||||||||
| 40 | 9 | Concert. Dessoff Choir with Amy Kaiser. 1986-1990 | |||||||||
| 40 | 10-11 | Concert. Honoring Allen Sever featuring cantata by Ben Steinberg. 1985-1990[2 folders] | |||||||||
| 40 | 12 | Concert. Memorials for Judith Raskin. 1985-1992 | |||||||||
| 40 | 13 | Concert. Roslyn Artists String Quartet. 1987-1988 | |||||||||
| 40 | 14 | Concert. "Sing a Song of Love" featuring the Harlem Spiritual Ensemble. 1991-1996 | |||||||||
| 40 | 15 | Concert. "Sing a Song of Love" featuring Beged Kefeet. 1992 | |||||||||
| 40 | 16 | Concert. "Where the Rainbow Ends" [interfaith]. 1990 | |||||||||
| [Balfour Brickner] | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 41 | 1 | Concert. Miscellaneous. 1980-1988 | |||||||||
| [Balfour Brickner] | |||||||||||
| 41 | 2 | Concert. Miscellaneous. 1987-1993 | |||||||||
| 41 | 3-11 | High Holy Days. 1979-1993[9 folders] | |||||||||
| 41 | 12 | Installation services. 1981-1989 | |||||||||
| 41 | 13 | Outside musicians. 1986-1995 | |||||||||
| 41 | 14 | Programming. Future. 1987-1994 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 42 | 1 | Purim. Megillah. "According to Hollywood". 1989 | |||||||||
| 42 | 2 | Purim. Megillah. "According to Television". 1990 | |||||||||
| 42 | 3 | Purim. Megillah. "Returns to Broadway". 1991 | |||||||||
| 42 | 4 | Purim. Megillah. "According to Rodgers & Hammerstein". 1992 | |||||||||
| 42 | 5 | Sabbath. New Members. Featuring St. Cecilia Chorus. 1989 | |||||||||
| [Balfour Brickner] | |||||||||||
| 42 | 6 | Selichot. Avodah Dance Ensemble. 1989-1990 | |||||||||
| 42 | 7 | Women's Organization services. 1988-1989 | |||||||||
| 42 | 8 | Yom Hashoah. Holocaust Memorial services. 1982 | |||||||||
| 42 | 9 | Yom Hashoah. Holocaust Remembrance Day. 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| 42 | 10 | Yom Hashoah. 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| 42 | 11 | Miscellaneous. 1978-1990 | |||||||||
| Subseries 3. Sheet Music. 1971-1983.Undated. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes sheet music used by Synagogue choirs for services. Most of the sheet music was probably not collected by Ellen Math, but inherited by her. Most music is undated and in Hebrew. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 42 | 12 | A. Undated | |||||||||
| 42 | 13 | B. Undated | |||||||||
| 42 | 14 | Bible Lesson with Music. Pamphlet by A. W. Binder. Undated | |||||||||
| 42 | 15 | C. Undated | |||||||||
| 42 | 16 | D. Undated | |||||||||
| 42 | 17 | E. Undated | |||||||||
| 42 | 18 | H. Undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 43 | 1 | K. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 2 | L. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 3 | M. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 4 | N. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 5 | O. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 6 | P. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 7 | R. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 8 | S. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 9 | Sabbath services. 1971-1983. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 10 | T. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 11 | Thanksgiving services. 1971-1973 | |||||||||
| 43 | 12 | U. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 13 | V. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 14 | W. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 15 | Y. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 16 | Z. Undated | |||||||||
| 43 | 17 | Miscellaneous. Undated | |||||||||
| Series G. Audio/Visual Media. 1971-2003.[1 Hollinger box and 5 audiocassette boxes] | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: This series contains two subseries: Subseries 1. Visual and Subseries 2. Audio. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 1. Visual Media. 1979-1989. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes video recordings of a speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s (one VHS cassette) and a local TV special on Yom Kippur (two U-matic cassettes), as well as slides for a conference workshop. Slide numbers refer to AJA slide collection numbers. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Videos arranged alphabetically, followed by slides. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 44 | 1 | Archbishop Desmond Tutu's speech at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. 30 January 1989[VHS cassette] | |||||||||
| 44 | 2 | Yom Kippur service short with introduction by Rabbi Balfour Brickner. Aired on WOR-TV. 1982[U-matic cassette] | |||||||||
| 44 | 3 | Yom Kippur story from "News at Noon". Aired on WOR-TV. 1982[U-matic cassette] | |||||||||
| (Slide Nos. 3843-3865) Joint conference workshop. June 1979[23 color slides] 3843-3865 refers to the AJA slide collection. | |||||||||||
| Subseries 2. Audio Media. 1971-2003. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Content Note: Includes various audio recordings from services, special events, radio broadcasts, musical concerts, and educational courses. Titles are taken from cassettes and were expanded after listening to recordings. In most cassettes, side B is a continuation of side A or blank. Occasional, side B will contain a different program that side A, when this happens it is indicated by a decimalized number. (E.g. 9.1 – Stephen Wise Centennial, part 3; 9.2 – Stephen Wise Centennial, Rev. Dr. Voss, part 3.) Unless otherwise stated, recordings are on audio cassettes. | |||||||||||
| Arrangement Note: Arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 45 | 1 | Service. Yom Kippur. Kol Nidre. 1971 | |||||||||
| 45 | 2 | Service. Kol Nidre. 05 October 1973 | |||||||||
| 45 | 3 | Service. Yom Kippur. Afternoon. Ne 'illah. 06 October 1973 | |||||||||
| 45 | 4 | Service. Yom Kippur. Memorial. 06 October 1973 | |||||||||
| 45 | 5 | Service. Yom Kippur. Morning. 06 October 1973 | |||||||||
| 45 | 6 | Event. Stephen Wise Centennial. Part 3 15 March 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 7 | Event. Stephen Wise Centennial. Part 3. 29 March 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 8 | Event. Stephen Wise Centennial. Part 3. 29 March 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 9.1 | Event. Stephen Wise Centennial. Part 3. 29 March 1974 | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 46 | 20.1 | Sermon. Stephen Wise Centennial. Rev. Dr. Voss. Part 1. 29 March 1974 | |||||||||
| 46 | 20.2 | Sermon. Stephen Wise Centennial. Rev. Dr. Voss. Part 2. 29 March 1974 | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 45 | 9.2 | Sermon. Stephen Wise Centennial. Rev. Dr. Voss. Part 3. 29 March 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 10 | Broadcast. The Jewish World by the UJA Federation. WQXR. 28 April 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 11 | Music. Birthday of Israel Concert. Henry Ziegles. 28 April 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 12 | Broadcast. The Jewish World by the UJA Federation. Jews of Tokyo. WQXR. 26 May 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 13 | Event. Honoring Leopold and Lauri Weil. 07 June 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 14.1 | Broadcast. The Jewish World by the UJA Federation. Jews of Paris. WQXR. 09 June 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 14.2 | Broadcast. The Jewish World by the UJA Federation. Jews of Jerusalem WQXR. 16 June 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 15 | Broadcast. The Jewish World by the UJA Federation. Jews of New York. WQXR. 23 June 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 16 | Event. Salute to Israel's 26th Anniversary. 28 July 1974 | |||||||||
| 45 | 17 | Event. Burssel Memorial Award. Daniel Shorr. "The Public's Right to Know". 13 May 1977 | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 46 | 18 | Broadcast. "Way to Go" with guest Rabbi Edward E. Klein. PBS. 11 September 1977 | |||||||||
| 46 | 19 | Service. Funeral for David G. Haskins. Conducted by Rabbi Edward E. Klein. March 1979 | |||||||||
| 46 | 21 | Service. Yom Kippur. Kol Nidre. 05 October 1984 | |||||||||
| 46 | 22 | Lecture. The Search for Ethnic Identity in the Music of Gershon Ephros. Professor Irving H. Cohen. 15 June 1988 | |||||||||
| 46 | 23 | Event. Special Guest Bishop Desmond Tutu. 30 January 1989 | |||||||||
| 46 | 24 | Event. Adele & Robert Blank Award. Vickie Karp. 09 April 1989 | |||||||||
| 46 | 25 | Music. Broadway's American Jewish Songwriters. Cantors Ellen Math & Richard Botton with the Adult Volunteer Choir. 12 May 1989 | |||||||||
| 46 | 26 | Event. Erev Shabat Brussel Award. Faye Wattleton. 27 October 1989 | |||||||||
| 46 | 27 | Service. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Part 1. 19 June 1990 | |||||||||
| 46 | 28 | Service. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Part 2. 19 June 1990 | |||||||||
| 46 | 29 | Event. Robert & Adele S. Blank Award. Bill Charlap. 26 April 1992 | |||||||||
| 46 | 30 | Meeting. Unknown. 22 March 1994 | |||||||||
| 46 | 31 | Service. Rosh Hashanah. 05 September 1994 | |||||||||
| 46 | 32 | Event. Children of the Holocaust Remembered. 50th Anniversary Commemoration. Continued (Andrea Glazier). 1995 | |||||||||
| 46 | 33 | Music. Shushan Purim Motown Style. Music recorded by Cantor Stephanie Shore. Congregation B'nai Israel. 01 January 1996 | |||||||||
| 46 | 34 | Event. Brussel Award. Marian Wright Edelman. 12 September 1997 | |||||||||
| 46 | 35 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 7. 15 December 1997 | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 47 | 36 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 8. 05 January 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 37 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 9. 12 January 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 38 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 10. 02 February 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 39 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 12. 09 February 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 40 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 13. 23 February 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 41 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 14. 02 March 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 42 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 14/15. 09 March 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 43 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 16. 16 March 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 44 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 17. 30 March 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 45 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 18. 06 April 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 46 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 19. 13 April 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 47 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 20. 20 April 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 48 | Course. Adult B'nai Mitzvah. Session 21. 27 April 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 49 | Course. Morei Dereck (1). 1998 | |||||||||
| 47 | 50 | Advertisement. Radio. Hebrew Year 5759. Circa 1998/1999 | |||||||||
| 47 | 51 | Course. Morei Dereck. Future of Reform Judaism. GMBG (1). 01 February 1999 | |||||||||
| 47 | 52 | Course. Morei Dereck. Future of Reform Judaism. GMBG (2). 03 February 1999 | |||||||||
| 47 | 53 | Course. Morei Dereck. Future of Reform Judaism. GMBG (3). 08 February 1999 | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 48 | 54 | Course. Morei Dereck .Future of Reform Judaism. GMBG (4). 10 February 1999 | |||||||||
| 48 | 55 | Service. Kol B'Seder highlights. 26 February 1999 | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 49 | 80 | Unidentified. February 1999[Digital Audio Tape] | |||||||||
| 49 | 81 | Service. Sukkot with Klepper. 13 October 2000[Digital Audio Tape] | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 48 | 56 | Service. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Forbes. 12 January 2001 | |||||||||
| 48 | 57 | Lecture. Jewish Feminism. Dr. Paula Himsa. 28 February 2001 | |||||||||
| 48 | 58 | Speech. David Saperstein. Chair of the Commission of Social Action of Reform Judaism. 27 April 2001 | |||||||||
| 48 | 59 | Music. Ghetto Tango. 18 May 2001 | |||||||||
| 48 | 60 | Music. CBST and Stephen Wise Free Synagogue. 22 June 2001 | |||||||||
| 48 | 61 | Service. Shabbat with D. Maseng. Etc. 14 June 2002 | |||||||||
| 48 | 62 | Speech. [Dialog and Understanding]. Elinor Ruth Tatum. 17 January 2003 | |||||||||
| 48 | 63 | Speech. Ellenson. 31 January 2003 | |||||||||
| 48 | 64 | Music. Unidentified. 02 May 2003 | |||||||||
| 48 | 65 | Service. Sukkot with Klepper. 15 October 2003 | |||||||||
| 48 | 66 | Music. Stephen Wsie Free Synagogue Singers. 11 May Undated | |||||||||
| 48 | 67 | Service. Honoring Cantor Ellen Matherev Shabbat. Side 3. 22 May Undated | |||||||||
| 48 | 68 | Music. Cantor Ellen Stemier? [male]. Undated | |||||||||
| 48 | 69 | Music. Junior Choir Purim Spiel Rehearsal [Beach Boys Music] by Vey. Undated | |||||||||
| 48 | 70 | Music. Maddie. Undated | |||||||||
| 48 | 71 | Music. Shabbat songs by the nursery school. Undated | |||||||||
| Box | Case | ||||||||||
| 49 | 72 | Music. Sounds of Seder. Children's choir. Undated | |||||||||
| 49 | 73 | Music. This is the Day by Zeh Hayon. Worktape. Undated | |||||||||
| 49 | 74 | Service. Anniversary Shabbat. Undated | |||||||||
| 49 | 75 | Service. [Honoring to Rabbi Ed Klein]. Undated | |||||||||
| 49 | 76 | Service. Simchat Torah with Cantor Josee Wolff. Undated | |||||||||
| 49 | 77 | Service. With Robert M. Morgenthau. Undated | |||||||||
| 49 | 78 | Service. Yom Kippur. Memorial. Undated | |||||||||
| 49 | 79 | Service. Yom Kippur with Sally Priesand. Side 3 and 4. Undated | |||||||||
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