TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Finding Aid to the Herbert Bronstein Papers. 1952-1997.
Manuscript Collection No. 821
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Bronstein, Herbert, 1930- |
| Title: | Herbert Bronstein Papers |
| Dates: | 1952-1997 |
| Quantity: | 17.0 linear feet (17 record cartons) |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, sermons, and writings, along with miscellaneous alphabetical files. |
| Collection Number: | MS-821 |
| Language: | Collection material in English. |
Biographical Sketch
Herbert Bronstein was born in 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Upon ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati in 1957, he served as rabbi at Temple B'rith Kodesh, Rochester, New York until 1972. Bronstein then moved to North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, Illinois where he served as Senior Rabbi until 1997. Now serving as Rabbi Emeritus/Senior Scholar at North Shore Congregation Israel, Rabbi Bronstein is also a lecturer at Lake Forest College in the history of religions. During his tenure as chairman of the Reform Jewish Liturgy Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis from 1981 to 1991, the committee published the best selling Haggadah for Passover, of which he was the editor, as well as Gates of Prayer, The Five Scrolls, and other worship liturgies.
--Adapted from "About Us: Rabbi Herbert Bronstein, Senior Scholar", North Shore Congregation Israel. (http://www.nsci.org/about_us/about_us.php3?page=107)
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists mostly of correspondence, sermons, and writings, along with miscellaneous alphabetical files that cover a variety of topics. The sermons and writings are identified either by the title, by the holiday (e.g. Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, etc.), or by subject. Included are materials on the Haggadah for Passover and The Five Scrolls, published by the Reform Jewish Liturgy Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged in a single series; correspondence is mostly arranged alphabetically by correspondent within each year, with some parts arranged chronologically.
Conditions of Access and Use
Terms of Access and Use
This collection is 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
Herbert Bronstein, by the act of donating this collection to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Herbert Bronstein or his heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of some 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
Bronstein, Herbert, 1930-. SC-1396 to SC-1401.
Separated Material
Nearprint materials were separated and added to the Herbert Bronstein Nearprint Biographies file and the North Shore Congregation Israel (Glencoe, Ill.) Nearprint Geography file.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Herbert Bronstein Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-821. Herbert Bronstein Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Herbert Bronstein Papers were received from Herbert Bronstein, Glencoe, Ill., in December, 2006.
Processing Information
Processed by Michelle Wirth, September, 2011.
This collection was arranged and described according to minimal-processing standards. Funding, in part, for the arrangement and description of this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Box Folder Listing
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA Online Catalog.