Hurwitz Family (Rabbi Isaac, David, Jacob, and Morris, Raymond), 1891 - 1998

File — Folder: 3

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This file has a variety of items, from newspaper articles to passports to oral histories of the Hurwitz Family. Note that it seems like there may be two different Hurwitz families, one connected to Rabbi Isaac Hurewitz/Hurwitz and another consisting or Morris and Raymond and their families. Most of the information is connected to Isaac Hurewitz/Hurwitz's family. This Hurwitz family has several family trees that map out the generations.

The oral history focuses on life in the home and role in the community of Isaac Hurewitz/Hurwitz as told by his children and grandchildren in an oral history project they compiled in 1993. Other material, primarily newspaper clippings, detail events in other members of the Hurwitz family's lives, including Max Herbert Hurwitz, a local doctor. Several items which are associated with Rabbi Isaac Hurwitz are in Yiddish, including "The Jewish Voice" (Yiddishe Shtimme) which was published in local papers for the benefit of newly arrived immigrants and migrant Jews, whom the Rabbi also took into his home.

Dates

Creation: 1891 - 1998

Access Restrictions

Open for research use.

Full Extent

From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Originals

This file contains several photocopies of materials located elsewhere. Some can be found in Scrapbook #2 of the Abraham Goldstein Collection. The original diplomas can be found in "Oversized/Indiv. & Fam./Goldstein, A.

The file also contains newspaper photocopies of photocopies, with the originals being located in "Beth Hamedrash Hagadol file under Rabbis/Hurewitz, I."

Container Summary

Newspaper clippings, originals and photocopies. Passports (Russian?) and note translating important details. Photocopies of material from the Abraham Goldstein collection, including scrapbook pages. Photocopies of diplomas. Page of handwritten Hebrew characters, either Yiddish or Hebrew. Handwritten pages in English (possibly translating the handwritten page listed above). Obituaries. Rabbinical ordinations (Semicha and Kabalah) in Hebrew/Yiddish. Family Trees Oral History Transcription. Hurewitz/Hurwitz family directory. JHSGH press release for Bill Savitt event. Photocopied envelope to Rabbi Sauel Salant. Photocopies Yiddish pamphlet. Photocopy of "The Jewish Voice" in Yiddish, published by Rabbi Hurewitz, Finance report for Chesed Shel Emeth. Handwritten notes refering to "The Jewish Voice". Envelopes.