His Excellency Of Vilna
This program is dedicated to Professor Louis Ginsberg on the 10th anniversary of his death. Rabbi Ginzberg was a student at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America and later a teacher at the seminary. He wrote prolifically (for example, 406 articles for, "The Jewish Encyclopedia" but is best remembered for his stance regarding the sacramental use of wine by Jews during Prohibition. Christians were allowed to drink wine because they did it in Church. Jewish ceremonies often involved drinking wine in the home, which was forbidden by the government. His reasoning allowing grape juice to be substituted for sacramental use was strongly objected to by the Orthodox. This script was previously produced on, "The Eternal Light" on December 19, 1948. After-drama speaker: Michael Gould of New York, the grandson of Louis Ginsberg.
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The Eternal Light was an American radio and television program on the NBC Radio Network, produced in conjunction with the Jewish Theological Seminary, that was broadcast between 1944 and 1989. Featuring interviews, commentary, and award-winning dramas from the perspective of Judaism, it began on radio in 1944 and continued as a weekly radio program through 1989. A 1946 program, for example, dramatized humanitarian Lillian Wald's founding of New York City's Henry Street Settlement in 1895. The May 31, 1959, program featured a tour of the Holy Land narrated by Ralph Bellamy.
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“His Excellency Of Vilna.” The Eternal Light. Radio broadcast, December 1, 1963.
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