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Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, born Abraham Silver, was a national and international leader of the Zionist movement, and played a key role in events leading to the proclamation of the State of Israel. As a founder of the League for Human Rights Against Naziism (1933) and as president of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights (1938), he urged a nationwide boycott of German-made goods.

Rabbi Silver worked tirelessly within the Zionist movement for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. In 1938 he became the president of United Palestine Appeal and the co-chair of United Jewish Appeal. While he took a more moderate stance at the 1939 World Zionist Congress, urging compromise with the British over Palestine, he soon became more militant; nothing short of the establishment of a permanent state of Israel was acceptable to him.

This collection of his papers includes the following material:

Series I: General Correspondence, 1914-1969, reels 1-99
Subseries A: Alphabetical, reels 1-88
Subseries B: Chronological, reels 88-99

Series II: Harold P. Manson File, 1932-1949, reels 100-109

Series III: Personal Correspondence, 1914-1964, reels 110-144

Series IV: Sermons, 1915-1963,reels 145-170

Series V: Writings, 1909-1963,reels 171-187

Series VI: Speaking Engagements, 1917-1963, reels 188-210

Series VII: Personal Miscellaneous, 1908-1989, reels 211-235
Subseries A: Biographical, reels 211-212
Subseries B: Appointment Books, reels 212-215
Subseries C: Financial, reel 215
Subseries D: Writings, reels 216-218
Subseries E: Congratulatory Messages, reels 218-221
Subseries F: Condolence Messages,reels 221-225
Subseries G: Oddments, reel 225
Series VIII: Scrapbooks, 1909-1964,reels 226-235

Complete Collection: 235 reels

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