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Title: |
Philip Horowitz Papers, Series II |
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Repository: |
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722 http://www.wrhs.org |
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Creator: |
Philip Horowitz |
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Dates: |
1932-2001 |
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Quantity: |
1 linear feet (including three containers and one oversized folder) |
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Abstract: |
Philip Horowitz was a scholar of classical and modern Hebrew, a Yiddishist, a teacher, and an advocate of human rights and liberal causes. He served as rabbi of Brith Emeth Congregation, Pepper Pike, Ohio, from its inception in 1959 until its closure in 1986. He was Visiting Professor of Theology at John Carroll University, 1968-1978, and Dean of College Seminars, National Federation of Temple Youth, 1962-1972. He was also a member of the Executive Commission, Ohio Civil Liberties Union, 1964-1970, served on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Council on Soviet Anti-Semitism, and was a member of the Ohio Commission on Abortion Reform. The collection consists of booklets, a bulletin, cassettes, certificates, compact discs, correspondence, invitations, manuals, memorial tributes, memoranda, a newsletter, newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, photographs, programs, sheet music, and transcripts. |
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Identification: |
MS 5436 |
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Language: |
The records are in English and Yiddish |
Rabbi Philip Horowitz was a Cleveland-area Reform rabbi who was the chief rabbi of Brith Emeth Temple in Pepper Pike from its founding in 1959 to its closure in 1986. A scholar and Zionist, Rabbi Horowitz was born in 1922 in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to the United States when he was six years old. Fluent in Yiddish and English, Rabbi Horowitz graduated from Rabbi Jacob Joseph School in 1935. His lifelong passion for Reform Judaism and Zionism led him to Yeshiva College, and then on to Hebrew Union College where he was ordained in1945. That same year he graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree. In 1952, having obtained his PhD from Columbia, he left New York to become the Minister of Religious Education at the Euclid Avenue Temple in Cleveland. In 1959, Rabbi Horowitz left Euclid Avenue Temple and helped to found a new Reform congregation called Brith Emeth. During his tenure as chief rabbi at Brith Emeth, Rabbi Horowitz was a beloved figure at this temple and a frequent traveler to Israel. The congregation frequently noted his enthusiasm and readiness to help or instruct. He spoke often against Soviet antisemitism and the problems Jews faced in their daily lives.The congregation dissolved in 1986. Rabbi Horowitz died in 2002.
The Philip Horowitz Papers, Series II, 1932-2001 and undated, consist of booklets, a bulletin, cassettes, certificates, compact discs, correspondence, invitations, manuals, memorial tributes, memoranda, a newsletter, newspaper clippings, a pamphlet, photographs, programs, sheet music, and transcripts.
This collection is of value to researchers interested in the life of Philip Horowitz, as well as the experiences of Austrian Jewish immigrants to the United States. Those interested in the development and history of the Brith Emeth congregation in Pepper Pike, as well as Reform Judaism and Zionism, will also find this collection useful.
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Related Material: Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4747 Brith Emeth Temple Records and MS 4943 Philip Horowitz Papers.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5436 Philip Horowitz Papers, Series II, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.
Gift of Ilana Horowitz Ratner, 2017.
Processed by John Clement and Sean Martin.