Religious News Service Photographs

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Text transcribed from caption: S-4190 OFF FOR CAMBRIDGE CONFERENCE NEW YORK -- Members of the American delegation to the International Conference of Church Leaders on the Problem of World Order at Cambridge, England, shown just before their departure in a special plane for London. Left to right, front, are: Dr. O Frederick Nolde, dean of the Graduate School, Mt. Airey (Pa.) Theological Seminary; Dr. Ralph E. Diffendorfer, executive secretary of the Division of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Church; Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, executive secretary of the American Section of the World Council of Churches; Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk, secretary of the Commission on a Just and Durable Peace of the Federal Council of Churches; Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, president of the Federal Council of Churches; Wesley Rennie, general secretary of the YMCA in Seattle, Wash., and Dr. John R. Cunningham, president of Davidson College, N.C. In rear, left to right, are: John Foster Dulles, chairman of the Commission on a Just and Durable Peace; Bishop James C. Baker of the Los Angeles Area of the Methodist Church, and Dr. John W. Decker, New York, secretary of the International Missionary Council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FCC-NY-MES-7E-6-W)
Creator:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Conference of Church Leaders on International Affairs (1946 : Cambridge, England), Nolde, O. Frederick (Otto Frederick), 1899-1972., Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, Pa.), American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)--Clergy., Diffendorfer, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1879-1951., Methodist Church (U.S.). Division of Foreign Missions., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975., World Council of Churches., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Oxnam, G. Bromley., International Missionary Council., Rennie, Wesley F., Young Men’s Christian Association (Seattle, Wash.), Cunningham, John Rood., Davidson College--Faculty., Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959., Baker, James Chamberlain, 1879-1969., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Decker, J.W. (John William), 1890-
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Interdenominational cooperation., Cooperative societies--New York (State)--New York., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Airplanes--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359868
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Text transcribed from caption: S-4165 HIS HOBBY HELPS BRING BIBLE TO AFRICA BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Collecting discarded Bibles, repairing and mailing them to natives in British Nigeria, West Africa, is the hobby of William H. Moyer, Bible secretary of the Buffalo Camp of Gideons. Moyer is shown here surrounded by packages of Bibles ready for shipment and with others yet to be repaired. He is holding a large Oxford pulpit Bible printed in 1881 and a tiny-sized Child’s Bible published in 1872. More than 900 African natives already have received Bibles from Moyer. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WHM-BUF-MES-7D-6-W-B)
Creator:
Desideris, Joe. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moyer, William H.
Topics:
Bookbinding--Repairing--New York (State)--Buffalo., Hobbies--Religious aspects--Christianity., Bible--Study and teaching--Nigeria., Religious literature--Distribution--Nigeria.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.), Nigeria--Civilization--British influences.
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359867
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Text transcribed from caption: S-4152 BETWEEN SESSIONS AT SILVER BAY MISSIONS CONFERENCE SILVER BAY, N.Y. -- Among the more than 300 church and mission delegates who attended the conference here on the Christian Mission in the Postwar World were these representatives from the foreign field. They are (left to right): Cecil K. Coberdhan, British Guiana student at Hartwick College, Oneonta, N.Y.; Dr. C. T. Tsai, secretary for young people’s work of the Church of Christ in China; Dr. Josefa Ilane of the Philippines, Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; the Rev. Mrs. Tamaki Uemura, ordained minister of the United Church of Japan, and Robert S. Beharry, British Guiana student at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. Mrs. Uemura is the first Japanese civilian to enter the U.S. since the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WT-GB-NY-MES-7D-W-P-M)
Creator:
Terzian, William. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Coberdhan, Cecil K., Hartwick College., Tsai, C. T., Zhonghua Jidu jiao hui., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions., Ilane, Josefa., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Uemura, Tamaki, 1890-1982., Beharry, Robert S., Gettysburg College--Students.
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Missionaries--New York (State)--Silver Bay., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--Silver Bay., Clergy--New York (State)--Silvery Bay.
Geographic subjects:
Silver Bay (N.Y.), British Guiana.
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359866
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Text transcribed from caption: S-3983 BROOKLYN PARADE MARKS SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Ninety-thousand Brooklyn children and adults marched in 30 parades throughout the borough in celebrations marking the 130th anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union. The first parade was held in 1829. This float, one of the many in the different parades, carries the theme of the celebration, Christ, Our Salvation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BE-NY-MES-6C-6-W-M-SS-Y)
Creator:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Firm) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Brooklyn Sunday School Union--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Parades--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Educational work--New York (State)--New York., Sunday schools--New York (State)--New York., Church and education--New York (State)--New York., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Church work with youth--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359858
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Text transcribed from caption on reverse: R-3958 BOBBY SOCK JOURNALISTS In a print shop in New Rochelle, the young journalists learn something about type-setting, layout and format.
Creator:
Eiger, Conrad. (photographer), Black Star (Picture agency) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Journalism--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New Rochelle., Publishers and publishing--Vocational guidance--New York (State)--New Rochelle., Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New Rochelle.
Geographic subjects:
New Rochelle (N.Y.)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359852
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Text transcribed from caption: C-4234 EARTHQUAKE EXPERT NEW YORK -- Whenever New Yorkers think they’ve felt an earth tremor one of the first persons they call is Father Joseph Lynch, S.J., director of the Fordham University Observatory and one of the nation’s outstanding seismologists. Father Lynch assures all callers that he’s never known a quake to start in New York. Above, Father Lynch points to wavy lines on seismograph which indicate an actual quake in progress. He fixed location of these shocks as coming from a point in the South Atlantic. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (P.A.-NY-JOG-8B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lynch, J. Joseph (John Joseph), 1894-1987., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Fordham University--Faculty.
Topics:
Seismologists--New York (State)--New York., Seismology--Instruments., Seismology--Observations., Religion and science--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359849
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Text transcribed from caption: C-4117 INDIAN RELICS SHOWN AT MARTYR SHRINE AURIESVILLE, N.Y. -- A family group kneels in prayer at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs here before a painting of the first saints to die on American soil. Picture was painted by a Jewish artist and donated to the Shrine. This year commemorative services mark the 300th anniversary of the death of the two martyrs, St. Isaac Jogues, S.J., and St. John de LaLande, Jesuit lay brother. They were put to death in 1646 after being tortured by Mohawk Indians. Four years before their martyrdom St. Rene Goupil, S.J., suffered the same fate after being captured with St. Isaac Jogues. Father Jogues was kept in slavery for 13 months at that time, but escaped only to die later for his faith at the same place. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AK-NY-MES-7C-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jogues, Isaac, Saint, 1607-1646., LaLande, Jean de, Saint, -1646., Catholic Church--Missions--North America.
Topics:
Relics--New York (State)--Auriesville., Indigenous peoples--Antiquities., Shrines--New York (State)--Auriesville., Martyrs--New York (State)--Auriesville.
Geographic subjects:
Auriesville (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359844
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Text transcribed from caption: C-4116 PILGRIMS PRAY AT SHRINE OF NORTH AMERICAN MARTYRS AURIESVILLE, N.Y. -- A family group kneels in prayer at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs here before a painting of the first saints to die on American soil. Picture was painted by a Jewish artist and donated to the Shrine. This year commemorative services mark the 300th anniversary of the death of the two martyrs, St. Isaac Jogues, S.J., and St. John de LaLande, Jesuit lay brother. They were put to death in 1646 after being tortured by Mohawk Indians. Four years before their martyrdom St. Rene Goupil, S.J., suffered the same fate after being captured with St. Isaac Jogues. Father Jogues was kept in slavery for 13 months at that time, but escaped only to die later for his faith at the same place. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AK-NY-MES-7C-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jogues, Isaac, Saint, 1607-1646., LaLande, Jean de, Saint, -1646., Catholic Church--Missions--North America.
Topics:
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--New York (State)--Auriesville., Shrines--New York (State)--Auriesville., Martyrs--New York (State)--Auriesville.
Geographic subjects:
Auriesville (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359843
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Text transcribed from caption: C-3955 CHILEAN CARDINAL HONORED AT ST. PATRICK’S NEW YORK -- Jose Caro Cardinal Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santiago, Chile (right), is shown with Francis Cardinal Spellman on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral here following a solemn Pontifical Mass at which Cardinal Rodriguez presided. Cardinal Rodriguez received the Red Hat at a private consistory in Rome May 17, after illness kept him from the consistory ceremonies in February. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-6B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Caro Rodríguez, José María, 1866-1958., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santiago (Chile), Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Visits of state--New York (State)--New York., Mass--Celebration.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359818
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Text transcribed from caption: C-3953 MOTHER CABRINI BENCH NEW YORK -- On this bench, in the garden of Mother Cabrini High School here, Mother Cabrini spent her early morning hours in meditation. Inscription reads: “Here Oft In Early Morning Lyric Beata Cabrini Communed With God.” Mother Cabrini will be canonized on July 7, the first United States citizen to be proclaimed a saint. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JU-RP-LI-MES-6C-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917.
Topics:
Historical markers--New York (State)--New York., Monuments--New York (State)--New York., Benches--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359817
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Text transcribed from caption: C-3914 PRIEST MAKES PARISH CALLS IN JEEP NEW YORK -- Jeep-riding is no new experience for the Rev. Walter T. McNamara, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in the Bronx, who makes all his parish calls in his newly-acquired vehicle. He was a U.S. Army chaplain in Europe, and was on the long trek from England trough France, Belgium and Germany. Father McNamara obtained his jeep through the War Assets Administration when, unable to secure an automobile, he exercised his priority as a veteran to buy one of its surplus Army cars. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WAA-MES-6B-6-C)
Creator:
United States. War Assets Administration. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., McNamara, Walter T., St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church (Bronx, New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Clergy., United States. War Assets Administration., Jeep Corporation.
Topics:
Military chaplains--New York (State)--New York., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains--New York (State)--New York., Home missions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359808
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Text transcribed from annotations: 4203 Rev. Paul E. West & Confirmation class. Transfiguration Lutheran Church--74 West 126th Street, New York.
Creator:
Lutheran World Federation. Office of Communication. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Transfiguration Lutheran Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.), West, Paul E., Svenska kyrkan--Clergy.
Topics:
African American churches--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., Confirmation--African American churches., Confirmation--Lutheran Church., Sacraments--Lutheran Church., Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359802
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Text transcribed from caption: 4102 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AMONG GROUP GOING TO RUSSIA NEW YORK -- Shown at LaGuardia Field here before their departure for Russia where they will tour the devastated areas of the Soviet Union are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Methodist Church, New York (left), and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (third from right). The delegation is composed of seven Americans active in behalf of the American Society for Russian Relief. They were invited to make the tour by the Soviet Government and the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Other members of the group are (left to right): Louis Levine, member of the executive board of the World Jewish Congress; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Peter Grimm, president of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Society for Russian Relief; Dr. Edward Young, Boston surgeon and chairman of the executive committee of the Cabot Memorial Fund, and Fred Myers, executive director of the American Society for Russian Relief. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-7B-6-W)
Creator:
Seskind. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies., Levine, Louis., World Jewish Congress., Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, 1882-1971., General Federation of Women's Clubs., Grimm, Peter., New York Chamber of Commerce., Myers, Fred., Young, Edward.
Topics:
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Soviet Union., International relief--Soviet Union., War relief--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359773
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Text transcribed from caption: 4102 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AMONG GROUP GOING TO RUSSIA NEW YORK -- Shown at LaGuardia Field here before their departure for Russia where they will tour the devastated areas of the Soviet Union are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Methodist Church, New York (left), and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (third from right). The delegation is composed of seven Americans active in behalf of the American Society for Russian Relief. They were invited to make the tour by the Soviet Government and the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Other members of the group are (left to right): Louis Levine, member of the executive board of the World Jewish Congress; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Peter Grimm, president of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Society for Russian Relief; Dr. Edward Young, Boston surgeon and chairman of the executive committee of the Cabot Memorial Fund, and Fred Myers, executive director of the American Society for Russian Relief. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-7B-6-W)
Creator:
Seskind. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies., Levine, Louis., World Jewish Congress., Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, 1882-1971., General Federation of Women's Clubs., Grimm, Peter., New York Chamber of Commerce., Myers, Fred., Young, Edward.
Topics:
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Soviet Union., International relief--Soviet Union., War relief--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359772
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Text transcribed from caption: 4022 ADDRESSES NEW CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY NEW YORK -- The Rev. William O’Connor, of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, N.Y., is shown addressing the inaugural meeting here of the Catholic Theological Society of America -- first group of its kind in this country. The society is intended to promote theological discussion and research and will also seek “to relate the theology of the Church to current problems.” Inauguration of the society, of which Father O’Connor was elected a director, was preceded by a Pontifical Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral presided over by Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MC-NY-TFD-6-D-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., O’Connor, William R., 1897-1974., St. Joseph's Seminary (Yonkers, N.Y.), Catholic Theological Society of America--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Catholic Church--Societies, etc., Theology--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York., Church and social problems--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359749
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Text transcribed from caption: 4002 THE CLASPED HAND OF CHRISTIAN WELCOME A new vista is opened for those received into the church, and for the servant of God who welcomes them into Christ’s fold. [Annotations] Dr. Langston, Disciples of Christ Church, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-6D-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Langston, Ira Wright., Disciples of Christ--Clergy.
Topics:
Church attendance--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359747
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Text transcribed from caption: 4002 THE CLASPED HAND OF CHRISTIAN WELCOME A new vista is opened for those received into the church, and for the servant of God who welcomes them into Christ’s fold. [Annotations] Dr. Langston, Disciples of Christ Church, N.Y. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-6D-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Langston, Ira Wright., Disciples of Christ--Clergy.
Topics:
Church attendance--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359746
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Text transcribed from annotations: 4000 RIVERSIDE CHURCH N.Y.C.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Interfaith worship--New York (State)--New York., Church buildings--New York (State)--New York., Church attendance--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359745
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Text transcribed from caption: 3971 NEW PRESIDENT OF SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL NEW YORK -- Dr. Isaac Landman is the newly-elected president of the Synagogue Council of America. He succeeds Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein. Dr. Landman, director of the Academy for Adult Jewish Education and editor of the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, is rabbi of Temple Beth Elohim in Brooklyn, a Reform congregation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JL-NY-MES-6C-6-J)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Landman, Isaac, 1880-1946., Synagogue Council of America., Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Jewish leadership--New York (State)--New York., School administrators--New York (State)--New York., Jewish educators--New York (State)--New York., Jewish religious education--New York (State)--New York., Editors--New York (State)--New York., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Jewish councils--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359741
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Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moyer, William H.
Topics:
Bookbinding--Repairing--New York (State)--Buffalo., Hobbies--Religious aspects--Christianity., Bible--Study and teaching--Nigeria., Religious literature--Distribution--Nigeria.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.), Nigeria--Civilization--British influences.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359693

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