Box 3
Contains 17 Results:
General materials, 1917-1965 undated
Includes congratulations on the wedding of Jane Lazarus and Jacob Raisin and on Aaron Raisin's birth and bar mitzvah; clippings on honors received; certificates of recognition; and death notices.
Condolence letters, 1946-1947
Condolence letters to Jane Lazarus Raisin on the death of Jacob Raisin, including correspondence from Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, Abba Hillel Silver, Maurice Eisendrath, and Stephen S. Wise. Also includes a letter from the Charleston chapter of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, stating that the April 1947 class was named the Jacob S. Raisin class.
Speeches, 1940-1950
Two speeches - one discussing Zionist institutions and democratic ideals in Israel, such as housing cooperatives (kibbutzim and moshavim), and the rescue of Jewish refugees from Germany (presented at a Hadassah conference), and the other in honor of Charleston's Jewish bicentennial.
Jewish National Fund certificate, 1958
Provisional certificate presented to Jane Lazarus Raisin from JNF through Hadassah.
General, 1905-1957, undated
Includes clippings about and writings by Rabbi Max Raisin, death notice, eulogies and remembrances, and a bookplate from his personal library.
Books, 1919, 1952
Title pages of books by Max Raisin.
Genealogical, circa 2000-circa 2009
Raisin family tree created by Joan Rosenthal, granddaughter of Max Raisin. Also includes a family tree by an unknown author.
Rabbinic thesis on Max Raisin, 1985
"An American Rabbi: A Translation of Four Essays from Max Raisin's Dapim MiPinkaso shel Rabi," by Rachel Hertzman, towards requirements for rabbinic ordination at H.U.C. The thesis translates four of Max Raisin's autobiographical essays from Hebrew into English.
General, 1930-1984, undated
Includes information on a donation Rachel made to KKBE, and a donation made in memory of her parents to the Jewish Community Center.
Addlestone Hebrew Academy, 1988-1997, undated
Includes clippings, remarks, and recognitions for Mordenai's 39 years of service teaching.