Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein fonds
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- Collection
- Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file
- Fonds No.
- I0197
- Date
- 1952-1998
- Scope and Content
- Programme, Installation of Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein as spiritual leader of the United Synagogues of Ottawa – December 7, 1952; Programme, State Dinners at Rideau Hall, 1962 and 1964; Pamphlet, authored by Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein: "Israel: Hope, Promise, Fulfillment" – 1956 (2 copies); Pamphlet, auth…
- Collection
- Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 file
- Scope and Content
- Programme, Installation of Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein as spiritual leader of the United Synagogues of Ottawa – December 7, 1952; Programme, State Dinners at Rideau Hall, 1962 and 1964; Pamphlet, authored by Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein: "Israel: Hope, Promise, Fulfillment" – 1956 (2 copies); Pamphlet, authored by Rabbi Simon L. Eckstein: "Israel Today: A Pilgrimage" – 1961; List, typed and entitled, "Biographical Jottings", with 11 points written by the Rabbi – [no date]; Digest, "Canadian Jewish Digest Selections" includes an article written by the Rabbi on page 5, entitled "Patience is a Virtue" – August, 1960; Essay, "Jewish Youth Looks at Marriage" with forward written by the Rabbi - December 17, 1959, (2 copies); Essay, "A Bird's Eye View of Jewish History: Abraham to the Present Day" – [no date]; Essay, "A Chat Between Rabbi and Parents of Prospective B'nai Mitzvah" – 1959; Essay, "Some Additional Thoughts about you and your Bar Mitzvah Son" – 1959; News clipping, Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, "Rabbi Simon Eckstein Says it's Time Sephardic Sages Received Their Due" – July 20, 1998; News clipping, unknown source, "Ottawa's Eckstein Chosen for Post" – [no date]; News clipping, The Ottawa Citizen, "Ottawa Rabbi Back from Israel" – [no date]; Photocopy of a Ottawa Evening Citizen news clipping, "Noted Rabbi S. L. Eckstein to Speak Here” – November 16, 1951; Photocopy of an Ottawa Citizen news clipping, “Jewish Congregation Plans Jubilee" – November 28, 1952;
- Date
- 1952-1998
- Fonds No.
- I0197
- Storage Location
- Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Rabbi Simon Layble Eckstein was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1919 and arrived in the United States at the age of nine. He was ordained a rabbi and received his Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Religious Education and Doctor of Religious Education Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of the Yeshiva University in New York. He also attended New York University where he completed his M.A. degree. Spiritual leader of The United Synagogues of Ottawa (Congregations Adath Jeshurun, Agudath Achim, Machzikei Hadas and B’nai Jacob), on December 7, 1952. When the synagogues Adath Jeshurun and Agudath Achim merged in 1956 Rabbi Eckstein became the rabbi of Beth Shalom Congregation where he continued to officiate until his retirement in 1975. He was vice-president of the Canadian Branch of the Rabbinical Council of America and Canada, vice-president of the Ottawa Welfare Council, member of the board of directors of the Ottawa Mental Health Association and the Ottawa Humane Society. In the 1950s Rabbi Eckstein joined Carleton University’s Department of Religious Knowledge. His sermons and articles appeared in numerous Anglo-Jewish publications in the United States and Canada. Two of his published works include "An introduction to Judaism" and "Israel: Hope, Promise and Fulfilment". Rabbi Eckstein also contributed articles to the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Journal and served on local radio station panels.
- Notes
- 1. Biographical material taken from Who’s Who in Canadian Jewry - 1965 and Library and Archives Canada Simon Eckstein fonds (Archival reference no. R9084-0-5-E). 2. Pamphlets are signed by Rabbi Eckstein.
- Related Material
- Related material in Adath Jeshurun Congregation fonds, Agudath Achim Congregation fonds, B’nai Jacob Congregation fonds and Beth Shalom Congregation fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
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