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Hertzberg, Arthur, 1967-1979

 File — Box: 16, Folder: 9

Scope and Contents

1967-1976, 1978-1979. Correspondence with Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, President of the American Jewish Congress. Konvitz agrees to participate in a dialogue on Jewishness and the creative process as part of the April 1976 Bicentennial National Biennial Convention of the American Jewish Congress. Konvitz was a member of the Governing Council of the American Jewish Congress (April 2, 1974). Konvitz nominated Hertzberg to become a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees (February 20, 1974). Copy of a letter from William E. Simon, the Secretary of the United States Treasury, to Hertzberg on Simon's position and that of the Treasury Department on the Arab Boycott and other related issues (May 3, 1975). Also correspondence between Konvitz and Hertzberg on the Journal of Jewish Social Studies; the Conference on Jewish Social Studies; the American Jewish Congress; and their articles and other publications.

Dates

  • 1967-1979

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, German, Yiddish

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

204.78 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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