Box 4

Scope and Contents Includes clippings from Raisin's rabbinic service, primarily at Temple Montefiore (East Las Vegas). Also contains information from a Reform rabbinical conference in Charlevoix, Michigan. Includes an invitation sent to Raisin to attend an event at the Taft White House, as well as a letter signed by Taft's secretary, Charles Hilles, in response to correspondence from Raisin, and a request from the Drew Theological Seminary Library for a copy of Sect, Creed and Custom...

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Clippings, programs, invitations, and other materials from the time Raisin lived in New York, during which he maintained an affiliation with Temple Emanu-El of Borough Park.

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Includes clippings, programs, correspondence, and other materials related to Raisin's service at Temple Berith Shalom in Troy (New York); a signed letter from New York Governor Martin Glynn to Raisin, authorizing him to attend a congress in Berlin protesting the violation of the Berlin Treaty of 1878; an invitation to meet legislators from Governor Sulzer; and an invitation to the 25th anniversary celebration of the Jewish Publication Society.

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Materials on events related to KKBE property, including the dedication of the organ, the rededication of the Coming Street Cemetery, and the renovation of the temple building on Hasell Street.

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Correspondence, mostly relating to Raisin's application for the pulpit at KKBE, dated 1915, and his initial engagement to lead High Holiday services in a letter from Thomas Tobias. Also includes personal correspondence between Raisin and Jane Lazarus.

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Clippings, programs, and announcements relating to Raisin's work at KKBE.

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Clippings, programs, and announcements about Jacob Raisin's work at KKBE, especially military-related items. Includes an invitation to Raisin's home for Jewish soldiers, sailors, and marines in and around Charleston, and Raisin's Armed Forces registration certificate and "souvenir of service."

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Includes programs, clippings, and other materials related to Jacob Raisin's work at KKBE, especially concerning Jewish Welfare Board meetings in Charleston and Atlanta and the Salvation Army. Includes a liquor permit issued to Raisin, necessitated by South Carolina's Prohibition of 1916.

Scope and Contents Clippings of articles by and about Rabbi Jacob Raisin, railway passes, brief from the October 1920 South Carolina Supreme Court term for the case John R. Campbell v. The First National Bank of Charleston and Janie L. Raisin and Mary Lazarus regarding resolution of funds lost to Campbell through a loan made to T. Moultrie Mordecai. Also includes letter written by Raisin and other members of the South Carolina American Jewish Relief Committee raising funds for...

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Clippings of articles by and about Rabbi Jacob Raisin and KKBE congregation, program from the Centennial Celebration of the Commencement of Reform Judaism, and a letter from United Jewish Campaign Chairman David Brown appointing Raisin to the campaign's National Committee.