Jacob Freedman Papers
A scholar, linguist, and bibliophile, Jacob Freedman (1903-1986) served as Rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Fall River, Mass., during the 1930s and early 1940s, and later at congregations in Pittsfield, Springfield, and Stratford, Conn., among others.
The collection contains the published newsletter of Temple Beth-El from 1937-1941, as well as other published materials and a photograph of Rabbi Freedman.
A scholar, linguist, and bibliophile, Jacob Freedman (1903-1986) served as Rabbi at Temple Beth-El in Fall River, Mass., during the 1930s and early 1940s, and later at congregations in Pittsfield, Brookline, Springfield, and Stratford, Conn.
Freedman received a BA from Columbia University in Greek, where he was awarded the Romaine Prize, remaining there for an MA before studying to become a rabbi and master of Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Active in the Menorah Club at Columbia and Harvard, when he studied there briefly, Freeman was involved in the Zionist student movement and other Jewish student activities, serving as adviser to Jewish students and as director of the Jewish Student House at Columbia as a post-graduate.
The collection contains the published newsletter of Temple Beth-El in Fall River, Mass., from 1937-1941, as well as a photograph of Rabbi Freedman and published materials from other temples where Freeman served, including Congregation Knesses Israel (Pittsfield, Mass).
A brief entry on Freedman appeared in the Bridgeport Power (Sept. 7, 1962)
Gift of Jacob Freedman, 1986.
Reprocessed by I. Eliot Wentworth, Oct. 2015.
)Cite as: Jacob Freedman Collection (MS 135). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.