Portrait Of A Man
The fourth of a series of programs dramatizing, "Outstanding Moments In American Jewish History." A sound biography of Isaac Leeser of Philadelphia, who became the cantor of Congregation Mikveh Israel in 1829. In addition to starting a Hebrew school for the Congregation, he published his first book, "The Jews and Mosaic Law"." He then began conducting sermons in English, against which there was initial reluctance in the congregation. See cat. #46 for the third program in the series. After-drama speaker: George Maisland (?), Vice-President of The United Synagogue in New York City and a member of"The Board of Overseers" of "The Jewish Theological Seminary of America."
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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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“Portrait Of A Man.” The Eternal Light. Radio broadcast, November 6, 1960.
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