TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Restrictions

Related Material

Administrative Information

Search Terms

Box Folder Listing

Series A. General. 1966-1986.

A Finding Aid to the William J. Leffler II Papers. 1966-1986.

Manuscript Collection No. 844

NHPRCFunding, in part, for the arrangement and description of this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Leffler, William J.
Title: William J. Leffler II Papers
Dates: 1966-1986
Quantity: 1.0 linear feet (1 record carton)
Abstract: Consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, and newsletters collected by Leffler while at Temple Adath Israel (Lexington, Kentucky) concerning organizations such as the American Jewish Committee, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis (GLOVAR) (part of CCAR), Association of Reform Zionists of America, and the Lexington Interfaith Council. Topics covered include Jews in Arab lands, Syrian Jewry, and Soviet Jewry. Significant information is included on the Association of Reform Zionists of America from its inception (1977/8) until 1984.
Collection Number: MS-844
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

William J. Leffler, II was born on November 24, 1929 in New York, N.Y. He was ordained in 1959 from the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He first served at Temple Beth Jacob in Concord, New Hampshire, and then in 1964 moved to Temple Adath Israel in Lexington, Kentucky. He retired from Temple Adath Israel in 1986 after twenty-one years of service. A passionate advocate for interfaith relations, Leffler is the co-author of Jews and Mormons: The Two Houses of Israel (1997) as well as The Structure of Religion: Judaism and Christianity (2005).

After retirement from the rabbinate, Leffler became a certified financial planner. He has served as Vice President to Moneywatch Advisors, Inc. in Lexington, Kentucky, and later as a financial advisor in Kennebunkport, Maine.

He and his wife Kathryn have three children.


Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, and newsletters collected by Leffler while at Temple Adath Israel (Lexington, Kentucky) concerning organizations such as the American Jewish Committee, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis (GLOVAR) (part of CCAR), Association of Reform Zionists of America, and the Lexington Interfaith Council. Topics covered include Jews in Arab lands, Syrian Jewry, and Soviet Jewry. Significant information is included on the Association of Reform Zionists of America from its inception (1977/8) until 1984.


Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged in a single series; materials arranged alphabetically.


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

William J. Leffler, by the act of donating the William J. Leffler II Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the William J. Leffler II and his 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

Leffler, William J.. Genealogies. SC-15774 & SC-14650.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the William J. Leffler II Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-844. William J. Leffler II Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The William J. Leffler II Papers were received from William J. Leffler, Lexington, Kentucky, in July, 1990.

Processing Information

Processed by Michelle Wirth Detroit, 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

Series A. General. 1966-1986.
Box Folder
1 1 American Civil Liberties Union. 1968-1979.
1 2 American Jewish Archives. 1966-1986.
1 3 American Jewish Committee. 1971-1985.
1 4 American Jewish Congress. 1965-1980.
1 5-7 Association of Reform Zionists of America. 1977-1984.
1 8 Central Conference of American Rabbis. 1966-1985.
1 9-10 Central Conference of American Rabbis. Great Lakes Ohio Valley Association of Reform Rabbis. 1979-1983.
1 11-12 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. 1973-1982.
1 13 Interfaith Council (Lexington, Ky.) 1984-1985.
1 14-15 Jews in Arab Lands. 1978-1982.
1 16 Options. 1975-1981.
1 17 Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. 1984-1985.
1 18 Small Cities Rabbinate Committee. 1980-1981.
1 19 Soviet Jewry. 1985.
1 20 Syrian Jewry. 1975-1984.
1 21 Toledot. 1978.
1 22 World Union for Progressive Judaism. 1976-1984.

Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the American Jewish Archives's online catalog.

Persons and Families

Leffler, William J.

Institutions

American Jewish Committee
Association of Reform Zionists of America
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Central Conference of American Rabbis. Great Lakes Ohio Valley Region
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Lexington Interfaith Council (Lexington, Ky.)
United States. National Historical Publications and Records Commission

Places

Lexington (Ky.)

Genres and Forms

Correspondence
Newsletters

Occupations

Rabbis