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London Metropolitan Archives Liberal Jewish LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates LESLIE EDGAR Correspondence and general papers ACC/3529/01/001 Correspondence with the Achduth Group 1948-1949 concerning a talk by Rabbi Edgar: includes two copies of Achduth Magazine Achduth Group Edgar, Leslie Rabbi 1 file ACC/3529/01/002 Correspondence from the American Council for 1959-1964 Judaism American Council For Judaism 1 file ACC/3529/01/003 Correspondence with the Anglo-Jewish 1950-1959 Association Anglo-jewish Association 1 file ACC/3529/01/004 Correspondence the Anglo-Jewish Association 1960-1964 1 file ACC/3529/01/005 Correspondence from the Union of Anglo- 1956-1964 Jewish Preachers Union Of Anglo-Jewish Preachers 1 file ACC/3529/01/006 Correspondence with the Anglo-Israel 1949-1961 Association Anglo-israel Association 1 file ACC/3529/01/007 Correspondence concerning donations made to 1943-1953 various appeals for charity by the Liberal Jewish Synagogue 1 file ACC/3529/01/008 Circular and attached correspondence with the 1959 Home Office on the practice of human artificial insemination, Rabbi Edgar's personal views 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates ACC/3529/01/009 Correspondence with the Association of Jewish 1948-1964 Ex-Servicemen and Women Association Of Jewish Ex-servicemen And Women 1 file ACC/3529/01/010 Correspondence with the Association of Jewish 1960 Refugees in Great Britain concerning two members of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue Association Of Jewish Refugees In Great Britain 1 file ACC/3529/01/011 Correspondence with the Association for 1951-1958 Jewish Youth: Council papers Association For Jewish Youth 1 file ACC/3529/01/012 General correspondence with the Association 1947-1962 for Jewish Youth 1 file ACC/3529/01/013 Correspondence with the Association of 1947-1959 Synagogues in Great Britain Association Of Synagogues In Great Britain 1 file ACC/3529/01/014 Correspondence with the Association of 1948-1956 Synagogues in Great Britain: mainly concerned with discussion over establishing a new synagogue in Brighton 1 file ACC/3529/01/015 Correspondence and notes concerning an 1973 interview in the Catholic Herald in July 1973 1 file ACC/3529/01/016 Correspondence with various Christian 1934-1936 organisations 1 volume ACC/3529/01/017 Correspondence with various organisations 1952-1960 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates ACC/3529/01/018 Correspondence concerning the 'Hospital 1939 Sunday Fund' organised by Rabbi Edgar 1 file ACC/3529/01/019 Correspondence and reports concerning a 1948 Marriage Guidance Conference attended by Rabbi Edgar, also Marriage Guidance Conference Sub-Committee 1 file ACC/3529/01/020 Circulars and reports from the National Council 1950-1954 of Social Service 1 file ACC/3529/01/021 Nuclear disarmament: correspondence with 1958-1961 Canon Bentley of Windsor following discussion of the subject by the Religious Bodies Consultative Committee Religious Bodies Consultative Committee 1 file ACC/3529/01/022 Nuclear disarmament: report by Canon Bentley 1960 of Windsor, press cuttings and correspondence 1 file ACC/3529/01/023 Amsterdam Rabbinical Conference: 1957 correspondence and press cuttings following criticism of Liberal and Reform Judaism by Orthodox Jews at the Conference Amsterdam rabbinical conference 1 file ACC/3529/01/024 Correspondence and reports concerning the 1962-1964 Parkes Library (founded by the Rev. Dr. James Parkes to promote understanding of Judaism;the library was acquired by Southampton University) Parkes Library 1 file ACC/3529/01/025 Peace Statement: report by Canon Bentley of 1961 Windsor and correspondence 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates ACC/3529/01/026 Contribution to Australian Jewish Review 1950 ('Liberal Judaism in a Disillusioned World') and translation of review by Dr. Rothschild on 'The First Fifty Years - A Record of Liberal Judaism in England 1900-1950' 1 file ACC/3529/01/027 Review by Rabbi Edgar of 'Anti-Semitism and 1970 the Christian Mind: The Crisis of Conscience after Auschwitz' with correspondence 1 file ACC/3529/01/028 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain: 1958-1961 correspondence with The Synagogue Review concerning proselytes: also copy of Reform Synagogues Constitution (1958) Reform Synagogues Of Great Britain 1 file ACC/3529/01/029 Correspondence with various organisations 1945-1958 concerning relief for Jews abroad Central British Fund For Jewish Relief And Rehabilitation 1 file ACC/3529/01/030 Religious Bodies Consultative Committee: 1952-1955 general papers and correspondence Religious Bodies Consultative Committee 1 file ACC/3529/01/031 Religious Bodies Consultative Committee: 1959 general papers and correspondence 1 file ACC/3529/01/032 Miscellaneous copy correspondence from 1929-1945 Rabbi Edgar to Dr Mattuck: also notes on a Federation of Progressive Jewish Youth (1945) 1 file ACC/3529/01/033 Miscellaneous correspondence 1952-1972 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates ACC/3529/01/034 Letters from Leonard Montefiore (May 1950) 1950-1955 following a lecture: letters from Leonard Montefiore and L J Joseph thanking Rabbi Edgar for a service he conducted on 4 December 1955 1 file ACC/3529/01/035 Reports of Rabbi Edgar's partial retirement in 1961-1984 1961: obituaries and Memorial Service pamphlet following his death in 1984 1 file ACC/3529/01/035/A Correspondence with Lily Montagu and others, 1949-1953 particularly on the World Union for Progressive Judaism 1 file ACC/3529/01/035/B London School of Religion: correspondence, 1954-1963 details of meetings and lectures 1 file ACC/3529/01/035/C Religion and the Industrial Trade: London 1947-1954 Society of Jews and Christians, and the Council of Christians and Jews, correspondence and papers 1 file Sermons ACC/3529/01/036 Handwritten (generally) sermons numbered 1- 1926-1933 25 with list of titles, dates and places preached 1 file ACC/3529/01/037 Handwritten (generally) sermons numbered 1926-1933 irregularly 26-42 1 file ACC/3529/01/038 Handwritten sermons numbered 43-54 with 1926-1933 some unnumbered 1 file ACC/3529/01/039 'A Jewish View of Jesus': address given at the 1939 Liberal Jewish Synagogue on 24 December 1939 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates ACC/3529/01/040 Wartime sermons, mainly typed, mainly dated 1939 1939 1 file ACC/3529/01/041 'Some recent trends in Judaism': Presidential 1950 Feb address to the London Society for the Study of Religion. Typewritten speech and letter of appreciation from Leonard Montefiore London Society For The Study Of Religion 1 file ACC/3529/01/042 'Some developments in Judaism and in 1966 Jun relations between Judaism and Christianity since Claude Montefiore'. Presidential address to the London Society for the Study of Religion: typewritten speech 1 file ACC/3529/01/043 'Some developments in Judaism and in 1966 relations between Judaism and Christianity since Claude Montefiore'. Background papers and letters 1 file ACC/3529/01/044 'Claude Montefiore's thought and the present 1966 religious situation' Claude Montefiore lecture 1966: Original outline plans Claude montefiore lecture 1966 1 file ACC/3529/01/045 'Claude Montefiore's thought and the present 1966 religious situation': Rough drafts and first typescripts 1 file ACC/3529/01/046 'Claude Montefiore's thought and the present 1966 religious situation': Further rough drafts 1 file ACC/3529/01/047 'Claude Montefiore's thought and the present 1966 religious situation': Text used and additional printed copies 1 file ACC/3529/01/048 'Claude Montefiore's thought and the present 1966-1967 religious situation': Background references 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 7 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates ACC/3529/01/049 'Claude Montefiore's thought and the present 1966 religious situation': Background references 1 file ACC/3529/01/050 'Claude Montefiore's thought and the present 1968 religious situation': Typescript sent to Rabbi Jacobs and accompanying correspondence 1 file ACC/3529/01/051 'Some Theological Problems of a Jewish- 1968 Christian Dialogue' St Paul's lecture given in 1968: Outline and drafts Saint paul's lecture 1968 Council For Christian Jewish Understanding 1 file ACC/3529/01/052 'Some Theological Problems of a Jewish- 1968 Christian Dialogue': Final text and correspondence with Council for Christian- Jewish Understanding 1 file ACC/3529/01/053 'Some Theological Problems of a Jewish- 1967-1968 Christian Dialogue': Background references 1 file ACC/3529/01/054 'The Concept of Man in Judaism'. Typescript of 1950 address broadcast on 27 March 1950 on the Third Programme 1 file ACC/3529/01/055 Miscellaneous sermons including address at 1932-1945 the Memorial Service for Lily Montagu (February 1963): also lists of sermons and details of where and when they were used Montagu, Lily 1 file ACC/3529/01/056 'Co-operation between world religions' Essex 1952 Hall Lecture 1952. Correspondence notes and printed booklet Essex hall lecture 1952 1 file ACC/3529/01/057 'Some Memories of My Ministry'. Published 1985 after the death of Dr Edgar in 1984 1 booklet booklet LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 8 LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE ACC/3529 Reference Description Dates Jewish-Christian groups ACC/3529/01/058 Council of Christians and Jews:
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