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Box and Folder Listing
A Finding Aid to the
Sanford E. Rosen Papers
1945-1981
Manuscript Collection No. 682
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| Title: | Sanford E. Rosen Papers | |
| Date: | 1945-1981 | |
| Abstract: | The Sanford E. Rosen Papers document the sermons delivered by Rabbi Sanford E. Rosen to his congregations. Many of the materials in the collection are sermons given on the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Other sermons cover a wide variety of topics including explanations of the first four commandments, the books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, and also how to balance religion and the world. There are also some prayers written by Rabbi Rosen. The span dates for the collection are 1945-1981. | |
| Quantity: | 1.6 linear feet; 4 Hollinger boxes | |
| Identification: | Manuscript Collection No. 682 | |
Biographical Sketch
Sanford E. Rosen was born on May 13, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio. He married Melba Mells on March 19, 1944, with whom he has two children, Ronald and Louise. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Adelbert College of Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1947 he was ordained and received the degree of Master of Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to his ordination he served as the full-time rabbi of Temple B'nai Zion in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Following his ordination, Rabbi Rosen founded the liberal Temple Beth El congregation in Bakersfield, California. There also he served as chaplain and counselor to Jewish inmates at the California State Institution for Women at Tehachapi. In August 1951, Rabbi Rosen moved to San Mateo County, California where he became the founding rabbi of Peninsula Temple Beth El. He remained at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo, serving as the congregation's rabbi for the next thirty-one years. Following his retirement in 1982, he was named Rabbi Emeritus and continues to reside in San Mateo, California.
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Scope and Content Note
The Sanford E. Rosen Papers consist of sermons and prayers written by Rabbi Rosen, the founding rabbi for two California synagogues. Many of the sermons were used for holiday services; the rest concern the balance of living a religious life in a secular world and include discussions of the commandments and the Pentateuch. Materials are arranged chronologically if a date for the sermon was indicated on the document and alphabetically for those undated documents that had a title. The span dates for the collection are 1945-1981.
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Organization |
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| The papers are divided into one series. | ||
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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 Sanford E. Rosen Papers and the American Jewish Archives.
Provenance
Received from Melanie Aron of the Shir Hadash Congregation in Los Gatos, California, in August 2001.
Processing Information
Processed by Cathy Nye, May 2002
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Box and Folder Listing
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