Armond E. Cohen Papers

Résumé du livre

Consists of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, programs, reports, and writings. Series I, Park Synagogue, represents the bulk of the collection and includes correspondence, reports, orders of service, programs, memoranda, confirmation lists, constitutions, financial records, clippings, bulletins, minutes, staff directory, and curricula and other educational material. Of special note are Cohen's memoranda to individual and general staff which show the daily operations and concerns of a Conservative synagogue from the 1950s to the 1980s. The collection includes correspondence with architect Erich Mendelsohn detailing the construction of Park Synagogue and transcriptions of a series of audiotaped interviews conducted by David B. Guralnik with Rabbi Cohen reflecting on his many decades as spiritual leader of Park Synagogue. Series II and III contain correspondence, reports and writings relating to Rabbi Cohen's work outside of the synagogue including mental health advocacy, rabbinical studies and interfaith activities.