Rodef Shalom Congregation bibliography

Collections

American Jewish Archives

  • B. Benedict Glazer Papers [MS-148] (catalog record).
  • Rodef Shalom Temple (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Photographs [PC-3504] (catalog record).
  • Rodef Shalom Temple (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Records [MS-553] (catalog record).
  • Solomon Bennett Freehof Papers [MS-435] (catalog record).
  • Solomon Bennett Freehof Photographs [PC-1315] (catalog record).
  • Isaac Meyer Wise Digital Archive (online—American Jewish Archives).

Penn Libraries

  • Isaac Leeser Digital Repository (online—Penn Libraries).

Rauh Jewish Archives

Rodef Shalom Archives

  • Rodef Shalom Congregation Records (contact).
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation Photographs (online—Historic Pittsburgh).

Books and Articles

American Jewish Archives

  • Feldman, Jacob. “The Pioneers of a Community," American Jewish Archives Journal, Nov. 1980. (online—American Jewish Archives).

Historic Pittsburgh

  • Savage, Nathan, ed. Pittsburgh Tri-State Pinkas. Pittsburgh: Jewish National Fund, 1949 (online—Historic Pittsburgh).

Jewish Criterion

  • Miller, Julia. “The Story of Rodef Shalom—The First Synagogue in Western Pennsylvania, 1846-1864," Jewish Criterion, Oct. 4, 1929, p. 84-85 (online).

Rauh Jewish Archives

  • “Rodef Shalom Congregation: 150 Years of Living by Jewish Values,” Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Congregation, 2005 (catalog record).
  • Aaron, Marcus Lester. “Presidental Addresses of M. L. Aaron," Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Congregation, 1972 (catalog record).
  • Burstin, Dr. Barbara. Steel City Jews. Pittsburgh: self-published, 2008 (catalog record).
  • Feldman, Jacob. “The Jewish Experience in Western Pennsylvania," Pittsburgh: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1986 (catalog record).
  • Freehof, Dr. Solomon B and Vigdor Kavalier, eds. “J. Leonard Levy, The Prophetic Voice," Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Congregation, 1970 (catalog record).
  • Freehof, Dr. Solomon B. “Spoken and Heard," Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Congregation, 1972.
  • Goldenson, Dr. Samuel H. “World Problems and Personal Religion," Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Congregation, 1975 (catalog record).
  • Jacob, Walter, ed. “Pursuing Peace Across the Alleghenies,” Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Congregation, 2005 (catalog record).
  • Lidji, Eric. “The Seventeenth Generation: The Lifework of Rabbi Walter Jacob," Pittsburgh: Rodef Shalom Congregation, 2016 (catalog record).

Rodef Shalom Archives

  • Rodef Shalom Archives book collection (contact).

Western Pennsylvania History

  • Rosenzweig, Richard L. and Douglas Camp Chaffey, “A Parallel History: Calvery Episcopal Church and Rodef Shalom Congregation," Western Pennsylvania History, Summer 2001, p. 20-31 (online—Penn State University Libraries).

Documents

Allegheny County

  • Rodef Scholem Society charter, 1859, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 1, Pages 162-165 (online).
  • Rodef Scholem Congregation amendment, 1865, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 1, Pages 466-470 (online).
  • Rodef Sholem Congregation amendment, 1877, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 5, Pages 438-445 (online).
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation amendment, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 39, Pages 256-257.
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation amendment, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 49, Pages 165-167.
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation amendment, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 59, Pages 700-702.
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation amendment, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 78, Pages 557-558.
  • Rodef Shalom Congregation amendment, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 84, Pages 10-13.
  • Rodef Sholem amendment, Allegheny County Charter Book, Vol. 5, Pages 438-445.

American Israelite

  • Classified advertisement, The American Israelite, Feb. 4, 1859, vol. 5, p. 246 (online—Newspapers.com).
  • Wise, Rabbi Isaac M. “Editorial Correspondence," The American Israelite, Jan. 1, 1864, vol. 10, p. 212 (online—Newspapers.com).

Websites

  • Berg, Martha. “Our Story,” Rodef Shalom Congregation website (online).
  • Berg, et. Al. “Jewish Pittsburgh History Series," Rodef Shalom Congregation (online—YouTube).