Beth Uziel Congregation records, 1957-1967.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Beth Uziel Congregation, creator.

Contributor:

Barnett, Isidore, 1906-2001.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews.

Jews--Social life and customs.

Jews--Study and teaching.

Jews--United States.

Judaism--Customs and practices.

Judaism.

Synagogues.

Genre:

Manuscripts, American -- 20th century

broadsides (notices).

correspondence.

news bulletins.

Physical Description:

1 box (.5 linear foot)

Arrangement:

Organized into four series: I. Beth Uziel Bulletin, II. Congregation administration and club materials, III. Congregation Beth Uziel programs and pamphlets, and IV. "Shmaw-Aynu," Beth Uziel's United Synagogue Youth bulletin.

Place of Publication:

1957-1967.

Biography/History:

There is little information about Beth Uziel Congregation other than that it was a conservative synagogue which eventually merged with Congregation Ner Zedek which, in turn, merged with the Congregations of Shaare Shamayim in 2017. According to a post by the Philadelphia Jewish History Tours, "Beth Uziel...was founded as a store front in 1943, and built this building in 1954 on Wyoming Avenue at Rorer Street. It closed in 1994, merging with Ner Zedek on Bustleton Avenue." Rabbi Isidore Barnett was born in Philadelphia in 1906. According to a obituary copied into Barnett's Find a Grave profile, Barnett received his bachelor degree from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in New York and became ordained as a rabbi in 1929. "From 1940 to 1942, Rabbi Barnett was a chaplain at Holmesburg Prison, but his service was interrupted by World War II. Wearing the bars of an Army captain, he was a chaplain in the South Pacific. After the war, he served the Agudath Achim Congregation in Savannah for 10 years before returning to Philadelphia in 1956. In the years that followed, he served as chaplain at the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center and at Inglis House. In the 1950s, he became the first rabbi appointed chaplain by the state Department of Welfare." His last appointment as rabbi was at Beth Uziel Congregation in Philadelphia, from which he retired in 1971. Rabbi Barnett died in 2001 in Philadelphia. Works Cited: "Rabbi Isidore Bendix," Find a Grave , https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186377662/isidore-barnett, accessed 30 January 2026 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA, USA; Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906; Box Number: 51; Certificate Number Range: 147451-150900 Philadelphia Jewish History Tours. "Beth Uziel, the third synagogue in Feltonville (after Brith Israel and B'nai Yitzhok) was founded as a storefront in 1943, and built this building in 1954 on Wyoming Avenue at Rorer Street. It closed in 1994, merging with Ner Zedek on Bustleton Avenue. The current French speaking Seventh Day Adventist church has left the 10 commandments above one door and the Hebrew verse from Psalms above the other. Shabbat Shalom!"

Summary:

The Beth Uziel Congregation records consist of the congregation's bulletin, administrative and club materials, program, pamphlets and the "Shmaw-Aynu" United Synagogue Youth bulletin, dating from 1957 to 1967.

OCLC:

1574144125