Temple De Hirsch Sinai records, 1883-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Seattle, Wash.)
Title
Temple De Hirsch Sinai records
Dates
1883-2009 (inclusive)
1899-1986 (bulk)
Quantity
13.69 cubic ft. (31 boxes, 1 tube, 1 oversize vertical file, 10 reels of microfilm negatives)
Collection Number
2370
Summary
Records of the first and largest Jewish Reform congregation in Seattle.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Temple De Hirsch Sinai, the first and largest Jewish Reform congregation in Seattle, was founded in 1899 by a group of 70 area families. Originally named Temple de Hirsch after Jewish philanthropist Baron de Hirsch, the congregation was renamed after merging with Temple Sinai of Bellevue, Wash., in 1971.

The location for the first proposed sanctuary of Temple De Hirsch Sinai was Boylston Avenue and Marion Street in Seattle, and a cornerstone containing the congregation’s founding documents and other time capsule materials was laid there in 1901. However, after rapid growth of the congregation warranted a larger facility, this site was abandoned in favor of Union Street and 15th Avenue, where the first sanctuary was completed in 1907. In 1924 the adjacent Temple Center was built to house the new Religion School and other subordinate organizations. Steady growth required further expansion, and in 1951, an addition for the school was built next to the Temple Center. By 1959, sufficient funds had been raised to build a new sanctuary, and although many Jewish families were moving into suburban areas, the congregation chose to keep a central location in downtown Seattle. A new temple with a 1000-member capacity was built on the corner of 16th Avenue and Pike Street in 1960, located on the same block as the original sanctuary, which was eventually demolished in 1993.

The first spiritual leader of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Rabbi Theodore Joseph from Lancaster, Pa., oversaw the establishment of the religious school in 1899, which began with an enrollment of 65 students.

Rabbi Samuel Koch, senior rabbi from 1906 to 1942, established Temple De Hirsch Sinai as an important and steadily expanding congregation. Particularly committed to the growth and development of the Religion School, he welcomed all students, regardless of whether their parents were Reform Jews. Koch was also civically active, with memberships in or associations with numerous Seattle agencies and organizations. In 1909 he established the congregation's newsletter, Temple Tidings , initially a weekly and later a monthly publication. Koch became Rabbi Emeritus on his retirement.

Rabbi Raphael Levine, senior rabbi from 1942 to 1970, developed many ecumenical programs, including “Challenge,” a television program he co-hosted with a Catholic priest and a Protestant minister. Addressing theological issues from different schools of religious thought, “Challenge” ran on local station for 14 years, appearing first on KOMO-TV and later on KING-TV. Levine was the founder of Camp Brotherhood, a religious, educational, and cultural center for Christians and Jews, and a co-founder of Camp Swig, an educational and recreational camp for Jewish youth. He served on boards and committees for many social service organizations and related groups, and founded the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis.

Rabbi Earl Stanton Starr, senior rabbi from 1970 to 2001, perpetuated the temple's long tradition of community service and outreach through his involvement in a wide variety of organizations, boards and committees.

Samuel Goldfarb, composer of the well-known Chanukah song “I Have a Little Dreidl,” was music director of Temple De Hirsch Sinai from 1930 to 1968. He employed a system of training his singers based on the farm system in baseball, advancing children into higher choir “leagues” as they matured. Under Goldfarb’s direction, the temple's choirs were considered among the finest in the country.

Long-standing organizations within Temple De Hirsch Sinai include the Sisterhood, formerly the Ladies Auxiliary, which was established a few months after the congregation was founded, and the Brotherhood, formerly the Temple Men’s Club, established in 1920. Both groups organize, sponsor, and promote services and activities for the Temple De Hirsch Sinai congregation and the Jewish community.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The records document the establishment and growth of Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Correspondence, committee meeting minutes, newsletters, and reports reports are the primary record series. In addition to regular temple operations, the records also represent related programs and organizations such as the Temple Men’s Club, the Ladies Auxiliary, and the Religion School.

The earliest records are the former contents of the strongbox placed in the cornerstone of the uncompleted sanctuary in 1901. They include membership lists of the congregation Bikur Cholim, the Seattle section of the 1900 Council of Jewish Women, and B’nai B’rith Lodge 342, along with ephemera such as newspapers, programs, and maps of Seattle. Other items, including confirmation programs, dedication programs, and photographs of early congregation member and philanthropist Caroline Kline Galland, were added after the strongbox was opened.

Correspondence is largely comprised of Rabbi Koch’s general correspondence from 1917 to 1918. Topics addressed include visits from Zionist speakers, the need for a Jewish children’s home, support for U.S. troops abroad, and cooperation with the Sephardic congregation Ezra Bessaroth to organize a fundraising bazaar.

Minutes, dating from 1899 to 1984, provide extensive information on temple activities from over twenty committees and subcommittees, including the Cemetery Committee, the Library Committee, and the Merger Committee. The latter documented meetings on the merger of Temple de Hirsch and Temple Sinai, organizations that are also described in annual reports from 1959 to 1976, included in the records.

Issues of Temple Tidings , the newsletter of the Temple De Hirsch Sinai, span 1941 to 2009. This bulletin contains a calendar listing temple events, member information such as lists of new members, marriages, births and deaths, and a message from the senior rabbi. Rabbi Koch’s card file, another abundant source of member information, includes names of members and dates of births, deaths, marriages, bar mitzvahs, and other data recorded on index cards. Some of the files were kept current through the 1970s.

The "Rituals" series contains mainly printed material for services, such as song and prayer books, as well as programs from bar mitzvahs and confirmations. Other materials documenting temple events over the years include the series "Speeches and Writings of Others," which contains biographical sketches of congregants involved in temple administration.

The subgroup “Helen Rucker” contains copies of news clippings, photographs, and notes about early Jewish pioneers in Seattle, including Sarah Rucker, the first Jewish child born in Seattle in 1869, and merchants Maurice and Julius Bornstein.

Other highlights include the 1916 and 1925 editions of the Famous Cookbook of the Ladies Auxiliary, containing hundreds of traditional recipes provided by its members.

Although sermons are not included in these records, the papers of Raphael Levine, also in the repository, contain many of his sermons.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Some restrictions exist on duplication, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 4 accessions.

  • Accession No. 2370-018, Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.) records, 1883-2001
  • Accession No. 2370-019, Temple De Hirsch Sinai records, 1970-1995
  • Accession No. 2370-020, Temple De Hirsch Sinai records, 1999
  • Accession No. 2370-021, Temple De Hirsch Sinai records, 2000-2009

Processing Note

Record installments were merged and processed into 2370-018 in 2001.

Separated Materials

Photographs have been transferred to the Jewish History Project photograph collection in the repository.

Related Materials

See also the Raphael H. Levine Papers, 1889-1985, and the Samuel Koch Papers, 1902-1962, in the repository. Levine and Koch were senior rabbis at the temple. The repository also holds the Helen Rucker Papers, 1900-1967, which complement the Helen Rucker subgroup included in these records.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 2370-018: Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.) records, 1883-2001Return to Top

12.73 cubic feet ( 29 boxes, 1 tube, 1 oversize vertical file)

Scope and Content: Minutes, programs, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, membership records, card files with records of rabbinical acts, rituals, cemetery records, club and committee records, ephemera and anniversary booklets, and the 1916 and 1925 editions of the Ladies Auxiliary Cookbooks; 1883-2001. Includes contents of 1901 cornerstone time capsule. Subgroups among the records include the following committees: Adult Education Committee; By Laws Committee; Cemetery Committee; Ladies Auxiliary; Library Committee; Membership Committee; Men's Club; Merger Committee; Personnel Practices Committee; and Planning Committee. The Helen Rucker subgroup contains her notes as well as clippings and photographs regarding early Jewish pioneers in Seattle.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for details.

Acquisition Info: The records in Accession 2370-18 are a merger of numerous installments received from various Temple De Hirsch Sinai offices between 1974 and 1994.

Container(s) Description Dates
Historical Features
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2370-018
75th Anniversary Journal
1974
1/2 2370-018
90th Anniversary Journal
1989
1/3 2370-018
Historical Account
1949, 1955
1/4-6 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1949, 1969-1974, n.d.
Organizational Features
Box/Folder Accession
1/7 2370-018
Bylaws
1956
1/8-10 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1961-1984, n.d.
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
1/11 2370-018
Central Conference of American Rabbis
1918
1/11 2370-018
Chamberlain, E. Mary
1927, 1971
1/12 2370-018
The Educational Center, Seattle, Wash.
1917
1/12 2370-018
Friedenthal, Sol
1917
1/13 2370-018
Hardman, Walter
1956
1/13 2370-018
Jewish Board for Welfare Work in the United States Army and Navy
1917
1/14 2370-018
Jewish Federation and Council of Greater Seattle
1972
1/14 2370-018
KBBX FM
1971
1/15 2370-018
Koupa Ezra Besarath of Rhodes
1917
1/15 2370-018
The Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Society
1917-1918
1/16 2370-018
Lang, Julius C.
1917
1/16 2370-018
Levy, Aubrey
1918
1/16 2370-018
Levy, Robert
1918
1/17 2370-018
Lowenthal, Marvin
1917
1/17 2370-018
Marsh & McLennan
1956
1/18 2370-018
Pacific Picture Frame Company
n.d.
1/18 2370-018
Palmer, F.S.
1917
1/19 2370-018
Pickard, Henry
1918
1/19 2370-018
Saperstein, Mrs. H.
1927
1/20 2370-018
Schwabacher, Sam
1917
1/20 2370-018
Seattle Hebrew Benevolent Society
1918
1/21 2370-018
Shur, Bonia
1967
1/21 2370-018
Spring, Coral H.
1917
1/22 2370-018
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations
1918
1/22 2370-018
University of Washington Libraries
1972
1/22 2370-018
Weissberg, Albert O.
1988
1/23 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1918
1/24 2370-018
Unidentified
1918
Box/Folder Accession
1/25-32 2370-018
Outgoing Letters
1900-1902; 1917-1956; 1977-1994
1/33 2370-018
Interorganizational Correspondence
1916-1918
General Correspondence Of
Box/Folder Accession
1/34-35 2370-018
Koch, Samuel
1917-1918
1/36 2370-018
Starr, Earl Stanton
1978-1979
Minutes
General Notes: See also microfilm copies for minutes of Board of Trustees, 1899-1972.
Box/Folder Accession
1/37 2370-018
Trustees and Members of Temple de Hirsch
1899-1903
2/1-3 2370-018
Trustees and Members of Temple de Hirsch
1903-1912
3/1-4 2370-018
Trustees and Members of Temple de Hirsch
1912-1934
4/1-9 2370-018
Trustees and Members of Temple de Hirsch
1934-1954
5/1-9 2370-018
Trustees and Members of Temple de Hirsch
1955-1962
6/1-9 2370-018
Trustees and Members of Temple de Hirsch
1963-1968
7/1-5 2370-018
Trustees and Members of Temple de Hirsch
1969-1984
7/6 2370-018
Annual Meeting of Congregation Temple de Hirsch
1956
7/7 2370-018
Annual Meetings
1959-1979
7/8 2370-018
Meetings of the Congregation
1956
7/9 2370-018
Special Meeting of the Congregation
1956
7/10 2370-018
Ad hoc Committee to Preserve the Old Sanctuary and to Develop the Pacific Northwest Jewish Museum
1983
7/11 2370-018
Art / Museum Acquisition Committee
1971-1979
7/12-13, 8/1-2 2370-018
Board of Trustees. Executive Committee
1969-1984
8/3 2370-018
Dues and Collections Committee
1972
8/4 2370-018
Dues Evaluation Committee
n.d.
8/5 2370-018
Executive Staff Meetings
1966-1971
8/6 2370-018
Finance Committee
1958
8/7-8 2370-018
House Committee
1966-1979
8/9 2370-018
Meeting of Building Committee Chairmen, Subcommittee Chairmen, and Members
1956
8/10 2370-018
Memorials and Bequests Committee
1966-1972
8/11 2370-018
New Temple Building Committee. Construction Subcommittee
1956
8/12 2370-018
Past Presidents’ Meetings
1975-1980
8/13 2370-018
Planning Committee of the New Temple Building Campaign
1956
8/14 2370-018
Publicity and Public Relations Committee
1969-1977
8/15-16 2370-018
Religion School Committee
1969-1979
8/17-18 2370-018
Rituals Committee (includes Divine Services Committee)
1966-1979
9/1 2370-018
Social Action Committee
1963-1979
9/2 2370-018
Subcommittee of the Finance Committee of the New Temple Building Campaign
1956
9/3 2370-018
Youth Activities Committee
1970-1979
Subject Series
Box/Folder Accession
9/4-5 2370-018
80th Anniversary
1980
10/1-3 2370-018
1901 Cornerstone Time Capsule
1883-1902
11/1 2370-018
Brotherhood Events
1983-1984
11/2 2370-018
Camp
1983-1984
11/3 2370-018
Caroline Kline Galland Bequest
1916-1917
11/4 2370-018
Memorial Book
1955; 1972-1973
11/5 2370-018
Museum Art Shows
1975, 1981; undated
11/6 2370-018
New Temple Building
1955, 1960; undated.
11/7-10 2370-018
Temple Building Fund Campaign
1955-1960; undated
11/11 2370-018
Testimonial Dinner Honoring Rabbi Raphael H. Levine
1967
Newsletters
General Notes: See also microfilm copies of Temple Tidings, 1909-1973.
Box/Folder Accession
11/12-16 2370-018
Temple Tidings (unbound)
1941-1965, 1975-1978
12/1-23 2370-018
Temple Tidings (unbound)
1979-2001
Box
13 2370-018
Temple Tidings (bound) (msg. Vol. 34)
1909-1936
14 2370-018
Temple Tidings (bound) (msg. Vol. 43)
1936-1953
15 2370-018
Temple Tidings (bound)
1953-1964
16 2370-018
Temple Tidings (bound) (msg. vols. 57-59)
1964-1973
Box/Folder
17/1-5 2370-018
Temple Tidings (bound)
1974-1979
12/24 2370-018
Synagogue Service
undated
Card Files
Box Accession
18 2370-018
Active Members
Scope and Content: Includes names, addresses, dates of birth, marriages, children’s birth dates, bar mitzvahs and weddings, and death dates of parents and grandparents.
ca. 1920s-1970s
19 2370-018
Contribution Cards
ca. 1900-1927
20 2370-018
Deaths and Conversions
ca. 1900-1927
21 2370-018
Inactive Members
Scope and Content: Includes names, addresses, dates of birth, marriages, children’s birth dates, bar mitzvahs and weddings, and death dates of parents and grandparents.
ca. 1920s-1970s
22 2370-018
Index to Temple Tidings (M-Z)
ca. 1900-1927
23 2370-018
Marriages
ca. 1900-1927
Box/Folder Accession
24/1-3 2370-018
Membership Rosters
1973, 1978-1982
Financial Records
Box/Folder Accession
24/4 2370-018
Annual Financial Reports
1946-1947
24/5 2370-018
Annual Report of Treasurer
1916-1917
24/6-8 2370-018
Bills, Receipts, Statements
1915-1918
24/9 2370-018
Bond: Fred C. Potter
Nov. 24, 1916
24/10 2370-018
Budgets
1956-1957
24/11 2370-018
Dues
1918
24/12 2370-018
Financial Reports
1958-1960
24/13 2370-018
Insurance
1917-1918
24/14 2370-018
Memorial Fund
1917-1918
24/15 2370-018
Petty Cash Receipts
1917-1918
24/16 2370-018
Salaries
1917-1918
24/17 2370-018
Statements of Values for Buildings and Equipment
1955-1956
24/18 2370-018
Taxes
1917
24/19 2370-018
Temple Seats
1918
24/20-21 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1912-1924, 1956-1959
Rituals
Box/Folder Accession
24/22 2370-018
A Brief Jewish Ritual
1921
24/23 2370-018
Bar - Bat Mitzvahs
1967-1979
24/24 2370-018
Blessings and Songs
undated
24/25 2370-018
Confirmations
1984-1986
24/26-27 2370-018
Prayers
1895, 1973
24/28 2370-018
Songs and Prayers
ca. 1989
Reports
Box/Folder Accession
24/29-30 2370-018
Annual Reports
1959-1976
24/31 2370-018
War Savings Stamps Sales
1918
Programs
Box/Folder Accession
24/32 2370-018
Bar Mitzvahs
1978-1979
24/33 2370-018
Confirmations
1900-1937, 1959-1976
24/34 2370-018
Dedications
1908-1924, 1965-1976
24/35 2370-018
Dinners to Honor Prominent Temple Members
1942, 1967-1976
24/36-37 2370-018
Temple de Hirsch Graduate School Commencement
1921-1937, 1948-1976
24/38 2370-018
Productions
1934, 1971-1980, undated
24/39 2370-018
Temple Anniversaries
1924, 1949, 1969
24/40-41 2370-018
Temple Services
1913, 1939, 1969-1984
24/42 2370-018
VIP Dinners
1981-1985
Box/Folder Accession
24/43 2370-018
Invitations
1977-1981
Publications
Box/Folder Accession
24/44 2370-018
Home Holiday Guide
1975
25/1 2370-018
Touro Synagogue of Congregation Jeshuat Israel, Newport, R.I.
1948
Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder Accession
25/2 2370-018
Speeches
undated
25/3 2370-018
Writings
1981, undated
Speeches and Writings of Others
Box/Folder Accession
25/4 2370-018
Biographies written by Temple de Hirsch Congregants
1974, undated
Box/Folder Accession
25/5 2370-018
Resolutions
1908
Nominations
Box/Folder Accession
25/6 2370-018
Annual Meeting Nominations to the Board of Trustees
1918
Notices
Box/Folder Accession
25/7 2370-018
Annual Meetings
1912-1919
Box/Folder Accession
25/8 2370-018
News Releases
1986, undated
25/9 2370-018
Calendar of Events
1984-1985
25/10 2370-018
Music
1923, undated
Certificates
box:oversize Accession
4 2370-018
1908 Certificate of Confirmation
1908
Lists
box:oversize Accession
4 2370-018
Bikur Cholim Membership List
undated
Box/Folder
25/11 2370-018
Confirmands
1935
25/12 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1969, undated
Receipt Books
Box/Folder Accession
25/13 2370-018
Yahrzeit Plaque
1934-1942
Contracts
Box/Folder Accession
25/14 2370-018
New Temple
1959
Clippings
Box/Folder Accession
25/15 2370-018
New Temple
1955
25/16-20 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1917, 1938, 1949, 1955-1985, undated
Box/Folder Accession
25/21-22 2370-018
Ephemera
1924-1938, 1969-1996, undated
Floor Plans
tube Accession
29 2370-018
Temple Sinai
1969
Box/Folder Accession
25/23 2370-018
Adult Education Committee
1967-1984
Bylaws Committee
Box/Folder Accession
25/24 2370-018
General Correspondence
1970-1980, undated
25/25 2370-018
Minutes
1969-1971
25/26 2370-018
Lists – Membership
1970-1972, 1981
25/27 2370-018
Speeches and Writings – Revisions to Bylaws
1972, undated
25/28 2370-018
Reports
undated
25/29 2370-018
Notices
1966-1972
25/30 2370-018
Notes
undated
Cemetery Committee
Box/Folder Accession
25/31 2370-018
Incoming Letters
1917-1918
25/32 2370-018
Outgoing Letters
1917-1918
25/33-35 2370-018
Minutes
1956, 1965-1979
Financial Records
Box/Folder Accession
25/36 2370-018
Burial Charges
1916, 1918, undated
Policies
Box/Folder Accession
25/37 2370-018
Policies, Rules, and Regulations Governing the Operation of Hills of Eternity Cemetery and Home of Peace Mausoleum
1982
Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder Accession
25/38 2370-018
Esfeld, Sol
ca. 1965
Applications
Box/Folder Accession
25/39 2370-018
Purchase of Plot or Grave – Hills of Eternity (bound)
1910-1932
Lists
Box/Folder Accession
25/40 2370-018
Plots Available and Sold
undated
Ladies Auxiliary
Box/Folder Accession
26/1 2370-018
Outgoing Letters
1918
26/2-4 2370-018
Minutes
1910-1921
Financial Records
box:oversize Accession
30 2370-018
Account Books – Dues
1920-1931
Box/Folder
26/5 2370-018
Financial Secretary Reports
1926-1928
Box/Folder Accession
26/6-8 2370-018
Cookbooks
1916, 1925, 1986
Library Committee
Box/Folder Accession
26/9 2370-018
Minutes
1973-1979
26/10 2370-018
Catalogues – Temple de Hirsch Graduate School
1925-1937
Membership Committee
Box/Folder Accession
26/11 2370-018
Incoming Letters – A-Z
1917-1918, undated
26/12 2370-018
Outgoing Letters
1918
26/13 2370-018
General Correspondence – re: Application Requests
1917-1918
26/14 2370-018
Minutes
1956
26/15 2370-018
Reports
1955-1956
26/16 2370-018
Statistics
1914-1915
26/17 2370-018
Lists
1975
Men’s Club
Box/Folder Accession
26/18 2370-018
Organizational Features – Articles of Incorporation
1950
Incoming Letters
Box/Folder Accession
26/19 2370-018
National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods
1947-1950, undated
26/20 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1947-1950, 1959
Box/Folder Accession
26/21-22 2370-018
Outgoing Letters
1946-1950
Minutes
Box/Folder Accession
26/23 2370-018
Brotherhood Board
1976-1979
26/24-26 2370-018
Men’s Club
1945-1949
Speeches and Writings
Box/Folder Accession
26/27 2370-018
President’s Message
undated
26/28 2370-018
Miscellaneous
undated
Financial Records
Box/Folder Accession
26/29-30 2370-018
Annual Financial Reports
1946-1949
26/31 2370-018
Proposed Budget
1949-1950
26/32 2370-018
Treasurer’s Statement
1947-1948
26/33 2370-018
Miscellaneous
1948-1950
Reports
Box/Folder Accession
26/34 2370-018
11th Biennial Convention of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods
1946
26/35 2370-018
13th Biennial Convention of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods and Jewish Chautauqua
1950
26/36 2370-018
Annual Reports
1934-1935
26/37 2370-018
Nominating Committee
1950
26/38 2370-018
President
1943-1945
Box/Folder Accession
26/39 2370-018
Programs
1949-1950, undated
26/40 2370-018
Lists
1946-1950
26/41 2370-018
Resolutions
undated
26/42 2370-018
Notes
1949, undated
26/43 2370-018
Ephemera
1949-1950, undated
Box/Folder Accession
26/44 2370-018
Merger Committee
1970
27/1 2370-018
Personnel Practices Committee
1967-1975
27/2 2370-018
Planning Committee
1961-1976
Religion School
Box/Folder Accession
27/3-13, 28/1-5 2370-018
Chronological Files
Scope and Content: Includes class lists, correspondence, yearbooks, and financial material.
1947-1954, 1968-1986, undated
28/6-11 2370-018
Family Lists
1972-1978
28/12-13 2370-018
Family Lists and Teacher Rosters
1978-1980
28/14 2370-018
Miscellany
undated
Box/Folder Accession
28/15 2370-018
Special Projects Committee
1979
28/16 2370-018
Rucker, Helen
1869-1996, 1955-1968, undated

Accession No. 2370-019: Temple De Hirsch Sinai records, 1970-1995Return to Top

0.42 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Subject reference files, general correspondence, printed materials, clippings, newsletters, 75th Anniversary Journal (1974), 90th Anniversary Journal (1989), Speeches. Includes: Sephardim, Seattle Hebrew Academy, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, Jewish Day School, Jewish Family Service.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Rights are unknown.

Acquisition Info: Toby Harris (Temple de Hirsch Sinai librarian), 2009-11-06

Accession No. 2370-020: Temple De Hirsch Sinai records, 1999Return to Top

1 vertical file

Scope and Content: 12 page history of Temple de Hirsch Sinai titled "A Century of Tradition", written on the occasion of the Temple's 100th anniversary. Edited by Jon Rosen.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Acquisition Info: Jon Rosen, 1999-06-08

Accession No. 2370-021: Temple De Hirsch Sinai records, 2000-2009Return to Top

.51 cubic feet (1 box)

Scope and Content: Temple Tidings newsletters, 2000-2009.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact University of Washington Libraries Special Collections for details.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Civic leaders--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Jewish cemeteries--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Jewish cooking
  • Jewish religious education--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Jewish religious schools--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Jews--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Rabbis--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Reform Judaism--Washington (State)
  • Synagogues--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Koch, Samuel, 1874-1944
  • Levine, Raphael H., 1901-1985
  • Rucker, Helen
  • Starr, Earl S

Corporate Names

  • Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
  • Temple Sinai (Bellevue, Wash.)
  • Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.)--Archives
  • Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.). Ladies' Auxiliary
  • Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.). Sisterhood

Form or Genre Terms

  • Business correspondence
  • Cookbooks
  • Ephemera
  • Minutes (Records)
  • Newsletters
  • Records (Documents)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Temple de Hirsch (Seattle, Wash.) (creator)
    • Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington) (host institution)
    • Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)