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A Finding Aid to the Dudley Weinberg Papers. 1937-1975 (bulk 1971-1975).
Manuscript Collection No. 843
Funding, in part, for the arrangement and description of this collection was
provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Collection Overview |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Weinberg, Dudley, 1915-1976 |
| Title: | Dudley Weinberg Papers |
| Dates: | 1937-1975 |
| Bulk Dates: | 1971-1975 |
| Quantity: | 13 linear feet (13 record cartons) |
| Abstract: | Sermons, correspondence, and other materials of Rabbi Dudley Weinberg. |
| Collection Number: | MS-843 |
| Language: | Collection material in English. |
Biographical Sketch
Dudley Weinberg graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and was ordained by Hebrew Union College in 1941. He attended chaplain school at Harvard University and served in the Army for two years during WWII in New Guinea and the Philippines, receiving the Bronze Star and the rank of Major. Weinberg was instrumental in organizing one of the largest Passover Seders ever held in the Philippines shortly after the liberation of the country by United States armed forces. He was also involved in raising money for the rebuilding of the synagogue in Manila that had been demolished by the Japanese.
Weinberg was senior rabbi at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Massachusetts from 1946 to1955, before becoming senior rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1955 until his death in 1976.
In 1949, Weinberg was chosen to give the prayer for the dedication of the carillon at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. with President Harry Truman in attendance. He served on the Executive Board of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was a trustee of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and was chairman of the CCAR-UAHC Joint Commission on Worship and chairman of the UAHC, HUC-JIR, and CCAR Platform Committee.
Weinberg formed the Wisconsin Council of Rabbis, was lecturer in Judaic Studies at Marquette University in Milwaukee, and was chair of the Rabbinical Advisory Committee of the United Jewish Appeal. He also worked for the rights of Soviet Jews as well as for equal housing and racial equality in Milwaukee.
Adapted from Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Accessed November 14, 2011.
Scope and Content Note
Series A, Sermons, contains sermons delivered for High Holy Days, memorials, and other services at Temple Ohabei Shalom and Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun. Series B, General, contains correspondence and notes for confirmation classes, the CCAR Platform Committee, and other rabbinical activities.
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged in two (2) series:
Restrictions
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
Jonathan Weinberg, by the act of donating the Dudley Weinberg Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the heirs of Dudley Weinberg. 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
Weinberg, Dudley. Broadcast. October 10, 1954. TR-486.
Weinberg, Dudley. Nearprint Biographies.
Weinberg, Dudley. Photographs. PC-4669.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Dudley Weinberg Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-843. Dudley Weinberg Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Dudley Weinberg Papers were received from Jonathan Weinberg, Lexington, Massachusetts, in March 2008.
Processing Information
Processed by Elisa Ho, November 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.