B'nai B'rith archives headed to Cincinnati

B'nai B'rith archives headed to Cincinnati

Fuente: http://news.cincinnati.com/

The archives of B"nai B"rith International, among the country"s most well-known Jewish membership groups, will be relocated to the American Jewish Archives.

The American Jewish Archives are housed on the Clifton campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.

The collection houses not only B"nai B"rith"s history but also Jewish history dating back to 1700. It includes correspondence between the organization"s leaders and at least eight U.S. presidents, reports on the group"s relationship with Vatican leaders during the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, and accounts documenting the response of B"nai B"rith and others to the rise of to Nazi Germany.

Hebrew Union College also will hold its annual ordination and graduation ceremonies this weekend.

On Saturday, HUC will ordain 13 rabbis, starting at 9 a.m. at the Plum Street Temple, 720 Plum St. downtown. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union of Reform Judaism, will be the speaker.

Rabbi Sally Priesand, who was ordained in the same building 40 years ago, will commemorate the anniversary of her ordination as America"s first female rabbi.

The graduation ceremonies will take place Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Scheuer Chapel on the HUC campus at 3101 Clifton Ave. Former U.S. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wisc., will speak at the event, at which the college will bestow 18 graduate degrees.

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