Friday evening Purim Sabbath Service with pulpit conversation between Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn and Rabbi Robert W. Shapiro about Archibald MacLeish's play, “JB,” March 20, 1959, Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.

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Title:
Friday evening Purim Sabbath Service with pulpit conversation between Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn and Rabbi Robert W. Shapiro about Archibald MacLeish's play, “JB,” March 20, 1959, Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Description:
Friday evening Sabbath service at Temple Israel, including an abridged Megillah reading in celebration of Purim and a “pulpit conversation” about Archibald MacLeish’s play, JB, a modern retelling of the Biblical story of Job that raises issues about people’s place in the contemporary universe. Choral music performed by the Temple Israel Choir, Herbert Fromm, conductor.
Speaker:
Gittelsohn, Roland Bertram, 1910-1995
Musical director:
Fromm, Herbert
Speaker:
Shapiro, Robert W., 1928-1999
Creator:
Congregation Adath Israel (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
March 20, 1959
Format:
Audio recordings (nonmusical)
Location:
Temple Israel of Boston
Wyner Archives
Collection (local):
Past Voices, Audio Recordings, 1934-1979
Subjects:
Reform Judaism--United States
Jewish sermons--United States
Synagogue music--Sabbath services--United States
Purim
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
Job (Biblical figure)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1/4" open reel tape (1 hour, 37 min., 16 sec.)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/70797x68n
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Language:
English
Hebrew
Preferred Citation:
Friday evening Purim Sabbath Service with pulpit conversation between Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn and Rabbi Robert W. Shapiro about Archibald MacLeish's play, “JB,” March 20, 1959, Audiovisual Collection, Wyner Archives of Temple Israel of Boston.
Notes (object):
Vibration sounds minutes 33-34
Notes (funding):
This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Notes (historical):
Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn (1910-1995), social justice activist, Zionist, and writer, was Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel from 1953-1977 and Rabbi Emeritus thereafter. He served as founding rabbi of Central Synagogue in Rockville Center, NY from 1936-1953. During WWII, he became the first Jewish Marine Corps chaplain, and, in 1945, he delivered a moving, oft-quoted eulogy on brotherhood at Iwo Jima. After his retirement he was a co-founder of ARZA (the Association of Reform Zionists).
Rabbi Robert W. Shapiro (1928-1999) was Assistant Rabbi at Temple Israel from 1957-1960. He served as the rabbi at Temple Emanu-El of Marblehead, MA (1962-1992), focusing on pastoral work, outreach, and interfaith activities.
Herbert Fromm (1905-1995), Temple Israel’s organist and Music Director (1941-1973), was a German-born conductor and composer forced to leave Germany in 1937. A prolific composer of religious music, much of which became part of the standard synagogue repertoire, and secular works, he also published many articles and essays and several books.
Identifier:
TI-AV_90092.002