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A Finding Aid to the
Samuel Wohl Papers
1915-1973
Manuscript Collection No. 106
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| Title: | Samuel Wohl Papers | |
| Dates: | 1915-1973 | |
| Abstract: | The Samuel Wohl Papers (1915-1973) contain the correspondence, sermons, and addresses of Wohl, a prominent Cincinnati rabbi. | |
| Quantity: | .8 linear feet; 2 Hollinger boxes | |
| Identification: | Manuscript Collection No. 106 | |
Biographical Sketch
Samuel Wohl was born on June 21, 1895 in Novo-Oushitza, Russia to Mordechai and Rachel (Dolberg) Wohl. His family moved to the United States in 1913, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Wohl later graduated from the University of Cincinnati, attended the University of Chicago Divinity School, and was ordained as a rabbi by Hebrew Union College in 1927. He received an honorary degree from HUC-JIR in 1952.
Wohl served as the rabbi at Cincinnati's Congregation Bene Yeshurun (the Isaac Mayer Wise Temple) in 1931. He began as assistant rabbi and later became the Senior Rabbi. He served the congregation until 1966.
Quite engaged in local, national and international communal life, Wohl participated in many organizations. Wohl was a member of Hebrew Union College's Board of Governors. He was a delegate to the World Zionist Congress and was the president of the League for Labor Palestine for ten years. Especially interested in inter-faith work, Wohl founded the Institute for Judaism for Christian Clergymen. He was also the editor ofJewish Frontier.
Wohl married Belle Myers in 1921 and had two sons, Rabbi Amiel Wohl and Dr. Theodore H. Wohl. Samuel Wohl died on November 30, 1972.
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Scope and Content Note
The Samuel Wohl Papers contain correspondence with many prominent figures in world politics as well as national and international Jewish organizations. Of special note is the correspondence with David Ben Gurion (1/3), Golda Meir (1/19), Moshe Sharett (1/22), and Zalman Shazar (1/23), all of which is in Hebrew. Also quite important is his correspondence with important Americans, such as Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1/4) and Stephen S. Wise (1/25). Wohl's work with Jewish organizations is well represented in the files concerning the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1/5), Labor Zionist Organization of America (1/15), World Union for Progressive Judaism (1/28), and especially the League for Labor Palestine (1/16), of which he was the president for many years.
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Organization |
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| The papers are divided into one series, General Files. | ||
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Arrangement
See description of individual series.
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Restrictions
Access Information
The papers are open to all users and available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.
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Administrative Information
Citations
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Samuel Wohl Papers and the American Jewish Archives.
Provenance
The Samuel Wohl Papers were donated by Dr. Theodore H. Wohl in 1979-1980 and 2002.
Processing Information
Processed by Kevin Proffitt and Christine A. Crandall, February 2002
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