Circuit Riding Rabbi Project records

Collection

Identifier: MS0631

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection includes financial records, correspondences, pamphlets and learning material from the Circuit Riding Rabbis project.

Dates

Creation: 1954 - 1977

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is the physical property of J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives. Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Conditions Governing Use

The collection is open for research.

Historical Note

Circuit Riding Rabbis was a project created by I.D. Blumenthal in 1953. The project was created to meet a need for religious teachings in rural southeast Jewish communities. The project was the first of its kind, with rabbis traveling on buses and other forms of transportation to the cities of Jacksonville, Wallace, Whiteville, Myrtle Beach, Lumberton and Goldsboro. Running from 1954 to 1979, the Circuit Riding Rabbis Project was under the sponsorship of the North Carolina Association of Jewish Men and Women and administered by the North Carolina Association of Rabbis.

Additional information about the history of the Circuit Riding Rabbis project can be found in the following publication: Amy K. Milligan (2019) The ‘Jewish zealots of tobacco land’: the circuit riding rabbi project’s impact on small town Jews in North Carolina, 1950–1980, Jewish Culture and History, 20:1, 62-79, DOI: 10.1080/1462169X.2018.1511085

Extent

2 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Circuit Riding Rabbis Project was created to meet a need for religious teachings in rural southeast Jewish communities. Running from 1954 to 1979, rabbis traveled on buses and other forms of transportation to the cities of Jacksonville, Wallace, Whiteville, Myrtle Beach, Lumberton and Goldsboro. The collection includes financial records, correspondences, pamphlets and learning materials.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by the Levine-Sklut Judaic Library, a part of the Jewish Federation’s Center for Jewish Education, 2022.

Processing Information

processed by Chyna Leocardio, 2023. The processing of this collection was made possible through a generous donation from The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte.