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Murray Friedman Papers
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Murray Friedman, born September 15, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York was a community leader, civil-rights activist, and author. From 1954 to 1959, Friedman worked for the Anti-Defamation League in Richmond, VA, before accepting the position of Middle-Atlantic States Regional Director of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) based in Philadelphia, a position he held until his retirement in 2002. During his tenure at the AJC, Friedman worked with religious and ethnic groups to achieve greater intergroup and interreligious harmony. In 1986, Friedman was appointed by then President Ronald Reagan to the vice chairmanship of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and served in that capacity until 1989.
A prolific author, Friedman wrote commentary on intergroup relations, school integration, hiring practices, and political conservativism, among other topics. Friedman also edited a number of works on the history of the Jewish community in Philadelphia. In his work to promote the study of Jewish history, Friedman helped establish the Jewish Free University (1970), Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center (1972), and the Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University (1990), all collaborative ventures with the American Jewish Committee. Friedman served as director of the Feinstein Center until his death on May 18, 2005.
Collection is primarily material produced by Friedman in the course of his work as American Jewish Committee regional director including correspondence with and about staff and the organization's activities. In particular, the AJC chapters in Washington D.C. and Wilmington, DE are well documented in Series 3. The bulk of the collection located in Series 4 consists of files on organizations and projects Friedman was engaged in at the AJC as well as the Feinstein Center. Also included in the collection are photographs of Friedman and copies of his published articles.
The collection is arranged into 4 series as follows:
Series 1: Writings and biographical information, 1966-2001, undated
Series 2: People file, 1966-2002
Series 3: Places file, 1963-2001
Series 4: Organizations, projects, and subject reference files, 1964-2002
Series 2: People file, 1966-2002
Series 3: Places file, 1963-2001
Series 4: Organizations, projects, and subject reference files, 1964-2002
Donated by Marsha Friedman in December 2005. Collection previously administered by the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, acquired by Temple in June 2009.
Collection minimally processed and finding aid prepared in June 2016 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist. Only original boxes and folders in poor condition have been replaced. Loose and misfiled materials were placed in folders and assigned titles according to annotations made by Friedman.
Organization
- American Jewish Committee
- Christian Coalition
- Myer and Rosaline Feinstein Center for American Jewish History
Subject
- African Americans -- Relations with Jews
- Intergroup relations -- United States
- Jews -- Persecutions
- Jews -- United States
Place
- Publisher
- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- April 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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The Murray Friedman Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Collection Inventory
Resume, 2000-2001.
Box 1
Folder 1
Bibliography, undated.
Box 1
Folder 2
Published articles, 1969-1985.
Box 1
Folder 3
Published articles, 1982-1984.
Box 1
Folder 4
Published articles, 1985-1991.
Box 1
Folder 5
Published articles, 1992-1995, 2002.
Box 1
Folder 6
Published articles: Midstream, October 1981.
Box 1
Folder 7
Book (editor): A Second Exodus, 1997.
Box 1
Folder 8
Book: What Went Wrong?: The Creation and Collapse of the Black-Jewish Alliance, 1994.
Box 1
Folder 9
Book: When Philadelphia was the Capital of Jewish America, 1994.
Box 1
Folder 10
College courses (Temple University), 1982-1987.
Box 1
Folder 11
Writing project, undated.
Box 1
Folder 12
Photographs, 1966-circa 2000.
Box 1
Folder 13
Abram, Morris B., 1983-1995.
Box 1
Folder 14
Appelbaum, Steven, 1990-1996.
Box 1
Folder 15
Berkman, Richard, 1984-1986.
Box 1
Folder 16
Berman, Phil, 1986.
Box 1
Folder 17
Berman, Philip grant, 1989.
Box 1
Folder 18
Blume, Rita, 1978.
Box 1
Folder 19
Bolick, Clint, 1992.
Box 1
Folder 20
Brachfeld, Dr. Jonas, 1989.
Box 1
Folder 21
Dalin, David, 1998.
Box 1
Folder 22
Dubin, Stephen V., 1995-1997.
Box 1
Folder 23
Edwards, Larry, 2001.
Box 1
Folder 24
Elazar, Daniel J., 1979-1996.
Box 1
Folder 25
Emerson, Steven, 1982-1985.
Box 1
Folder 26
Ershkowitz, Herbert project "Jewish Life in Pennsylvania", 1993-1998.
Box 1
Folder 27
Farber, Jack, 1985-2001.
Box 1
Folder 28
Fisher, Sol, 1971-1987.
Box 1
Folder 29
Foglietta, Congressman Thomas, 1982.
Box 1
Folder 30
Foltin, Richard T., 1986-2002.
Box 1
Folder 31
Fox, Richard, 1973-1986.
Box 1
Folder 32
Fox, Robert A., 1978-1986.
Box 1
Folder 33
Freedman, Barbara, 2002.
Box 1
Folder 34
Friedman, Howard, 1973-1989.
Box 1
Folder 35
Friedman, Dr. Paul S., 1992.
Box 1
Folder 36
Friedman, Steven L., 1990-1994.
Box 1
Folder 37
Geffen, Dr. Rela M., 1998.
Box 1
Folder 38
Gimpel, Harriet, 1994.
Box 1
Folder 39
Goldman, Fred, 1979-1980.
Box 1
Folder 40
Grossman, Leonard, 1991-1995.
Box 1
Folder 41
Harris, David, 1987-2002.
Box 1
Folder 42
Isaacson, Jason, 1991-2000.
Box 1
Folder 43
Kaufer, Sonya, 1966-1969.
Box 1
Folder 44
Kohn, Shirley, 1994, 1998.
Box 1
Folder 45
Kovadloff, Jacob, 1984.
Box 1
Folder 46
Kravitz, Robert, 1994.
Box 1
Folder 47
Lazere, Haskell, 1970-1980.
Box 1
Folder 48
Lee, Rotan E., 1993.
Box 1
Folder 49
LeFever, Ernest, 1987, 1989.
Box 1
Folder 50
Levine, Irving, 1971-1989.
Box 1
Folder 51
Levine, Jonathan, 1978-1989.
Box 1
Folder 52
Liskofsky, Sidney, 1971-1980.
Box 1
Folder 53
Lowenthal, Larry, 1990-2001.
Box 1
Folder 54
Malmud, Leon S., 1997.
Box 1
Folder 55
Maslin, Rabbi Simeon J. Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, 1982.
Box 1
Folder 56
Mendelson, Robert I., 1977-1981.
Box 1
Folder 57
Meyers, Allen project: "In the Shelter of His Presence: A Synagogue History of South Philadelphia, 1880-1960", 1994-1996.
Box 1
Folder 58
Mittelman, Sheba, 1983.
Box 1
Folder 59
Niebuhr, Herman, 1981.
Box 1
Folder 60
Plax, Martin, 1978-1986.
Box 1
Folder 61
Podhoretz, Norman, 1973-1992.
Box 1
Folder 62
Raffel, Martin, 1980-1981.
Box 1
Folder 63
Rifkind, Andrea, 1997.
Box 1
Folder 64
Rosen, Edward H., 1973-1985.
Box 2
Folder 1
Rosenman, Yehuda, 1971-1987.
Box 2
Folder 2
Ross, George M., 1980-2002.
Box 2
Folder 3
Rozanski, Geri, 1986-2002.
Box 2
Folder 4
Rubin, Gary, 1985-1992.
Box 2
Folder 5
Rudin. Rabbi A. James, 1969-2000.
Box 2
Folder 6
Samet, Seymour geographic distribution project, 1987-1988.
Box 2
Folder 7
Samuelson, Norbert, 1994.
Box 1
Folder 8
Sandberg, Neil, 1963-1994.
Box 2
Folder 9
Sawallisch, Wolfgang, 1991-1993.
Box 2
Folder 10
Schaffer, Ann, 2001.
Box 2
Folder 11
Seltzer, Robert, 1988-1990.
Box 2
Folder 12
Setleis, Lloyd, 1984.
Box 2
Folder 13
Sher, Jack, 1981.
Box 2
Folder 14
Shestack, Jerome J., 1984.
Box 2
Folder 15
Shrier, Marc G., 1988.
Box 2
Folder 16
Slotznick, Mike, 1999-2001.
Box 2
Folder 17
Thomas, Susan, 2002.
Box 2
Folder 18
Weinberg, Paul S., 1975-1976, 1984.
Box 2
Folder 19
Weinberg, Susan, 1989-1990.
Box 2
Folder 20
Weintraub, Jeffrey, 1995.
Box 2
Folder 21
Yeakel, Lynn, 1992-1993.
Box 2
Folder 22
Philadelphia Chapter by-laws, 1967-1980.
Box 2
Folder 23
Philadelphia Chapter finances, 1989-1992.
Box 2
Folder 24
Philadelphia Chapter, 1992.
Box 2
Folder 25
Philadelphia Chapter, 1993.
Box 2
Folder 26
Philadelphia Chapter fundraising, 1993.
Box 2
Folder 27
Philadelphia Chapter, 1994, 1996, 1998.
Box 2
Folder 28
Philadelphia Chapter, 1999.
Box 2
Folder 29
Philadelphia Chapter, 2001.
Box 2
Folder 30
Philadelphia Chapter Advisory Council, 2001.
Box 2
Folder 31
Reading, PA, 1978-1997.
Box 3
Folder 1
Reading, PA, 1972-1977.
Box 3
Folder 2
San Francisco office, 1966.
Box 3
Folder 3
Sarasota, FL, 1981.
Box 3
Folder 4
Sayre, PA, 1968-1977.
Box 3
Folder 5
Scranton, PA, 1961-1978, 1999.
Box 3
Folder 6
Secane, PA, 1976.
Box 3
Folder 7
Selinsgrove, PA, 1963.
Box 3
Folder 8
Sewickley, PA, 1966-1967.
Box 3
Folder 9
Sharon, PA, 1965-1966.
Box 3
Folder 10
Southern New Jersey, 1983.
Box 3
Folder 11
St. Louis, MO, 1981.
Box 3
Folder 12
Stroudsburg, PA, 1965.
Box 3
Folder 13
Uniontown, PA, 1967-1978.
Box 3
Folder 14
University Park, PA, 1965-1976.
Box 3
Folder 15
Valley Forge, PA, 1964-1965, 1979.
Box 3
Folder 16
Virginia, 1977.
Box 3
Folder 17
Wallingford, PA, 1977.
Box 3
Folder 18
Washington D.C. Chapter, 1977-1978.
Box 3
Folder 19
Washington D.C. Chapter, 1979-1980.
Box 3
Folder 20
Washington D.C. Chapter, 1981-1982.
Box 3
Folder 21
Washington D.C. Chapter, 1983-2000.
Box 3
Folder 22
Washington, PA, 1964.
Box 3
Folder 23
Waynesboro, PA, 1964.
Box 3
Folder 24
West Virginia, 1966.
Box 3
Folder 25
Wilkes-Barre, PA Chapter, 1977-1996.
Box 3
Folder 26
Wilmington, DE Chapter, 1976-1980.
Box 3
Folder 27
Wilmington, DE Chapter (1 of 2), 1981-1993.
Box 3
Folder 28
Wilmington, DE Chapter (2 of 2), 1981-1993.
Box 3
Folder 29
Wyomissing, PA, 1993.
Box 3
Folder 30
York, PA, 1970, 1977.
Box 3
Folder 31
Academicians Seminar in Israel, 1987.
Box 3
Folder 32
Academy for Jewish Studies Without Walls, 1980-1981.
Box 3
Folder 33
Affirmative Action Statement, 1995.
Box 3
Folder 34
Afrocentrism, 1994.
Box 3
Folder 35
Agency professional list, 1984-1991.
Box 3
Folder 36
AIDS policy statement, 1988.
Box 3
Folder 37
Alfred and Carol Moses People to People Mission, 1992.
Box 3
Folder 38
American Council for Judaism, 1990.
Box 3
Folder 39
American Enterprise Institute, 1980-1982.
Box 3
Folder 40
American Friends Service Committee, 1993, 1999.
Box 3
Folder 41
American Interfaith Institute, Irvin Borowsky, 1994-1995.
Box 3
Folder 42
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), 1985-1988.
Box 3
Folder 43
American Jewish Archives, 1981, 1990.
Box 3
Folder 44
American Jewish Committee 50th anniversary (Philadelphia Chapter), 1944, 1993-1995.
Box 3
Folder 45
American Jewish Committee out of town visits, 1987-1990.
Box 3
Folder 46
American Jewish Committee reports on legislative activity, 1992-1993.
Box 3
Folder 47
American Jewish Committee Skirball Institute on American Values, 1992-1993.
Box 3
Folder 48
American Jewish Committee story - Philadelphia, 1988-2002.
Box 3
Folder 49
American Jewish Congress, 1984.
Box 3
Folder 50
American Jewish Historical Society, 1983, 1992-1993.
Box 3
Folder 51
American Jewish Press Association, 1992.
Box 3
Folder 52
American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, 1982.
Box 3
Folder 53
Anti-Defamation League, 1974-2002.
Box 4
Folder 1
Anti-Semitism - Pennsylvania, 1986.
Box 4
Folder 2
Arab boycott, 1982-1991.
Box 4
Folder 3
Arab influence on campus, 1986.
Box 4
Folder 4
Arab propaganda, 1982, 1986.
Box 4
Folder 5
Argentinian and Chilean Jewry, 1977-1979.
Box 4
Folder 6
Associated University Presses, 1991-1993.
Box 4
Folder 7
Association of Black Jews, 1970.
Box 4
Folder 8
Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1985-1994.
Box 4
Folder 9
Black Jewish relations, 1997.
Box 4
Folder 10
Blaustein Leadership Institute, 1984-2000.
Box 4
Folder 11
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 1996.
Box 4
Folder 12
Bucks County Courier Times, 2001.
Box 4
Folder 13
Burned churches (Gay's Hill Baptist Church), 1996-1997.
Box 4
Folder 14
Camden riot, 1971.
Box 4
Folder 15
Catholic - Jewish relations, 1993.
Box 4
Folder 16
Catholic/Jewish Education Enrichment Program (C/JEEP), 1997-1999.
Box 4
Folder 17
Catholic/Jewish Education Enrichment Program (C/JEEP), 1998-2001.
Box 4
Folder 18
Catholic/Jewish Education Enrichment Program (C/JEEP), 2000-2002.
Box 4
Folder 19
Catholic/Jewish Education Enrichment Program (C/JEEP) meeting in Philadelphia June 17-19, 2001.
Box 4
Folder 20
Catholics, 1993-1996.
Box 4
Folder 21
Catholics, 1997-1999.
Box 4
Folder 22
Charitable Choice, 2001.
Box 4
Folder 23
Chicago Seminar for Israeli Diplomats, 1992.
Box 4
Folder 24
Christian Coalition (1 of 2), 1995-1996.
Box 4
Folder 25
Christian Coalition (2 of 2), 1995-1996.
Box 4
Folder 26
Christian Coalition, 1997-1998.
Box 4
Folder 27
Christian Coalition American Jewish Committee pamphlet 1996 "Jews and Conservative Christians", 1995-1997.
Box 4
Folder 28
Christian persecution, 1998.
Box 4
Folder 29
Church - State - general, 1984-1997.
Box 4
Folder 30
Church - State - PA, 1984-2001.
Box 4
Folder 31
Civil Liberties and Education Committee, 1983.
Box 5
Folder 1
Coalition for Human Needs, 1980.
Box 5
Folder 2
Comay Fellow nomination, 1998, 2002.
Box 5
Folder 3
Commentary, 1980-2002.
Box 5
Folder 4
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), 1991, 2000-2001.
Box 5
Folder 5
Committee for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Forest in Israel, 1977.
Box 5
Folder 6
Commonquest, 1996-1997.
Box 5
Folder 7
Conference on "Human Services and High Unemployment", 1982.
Box 5
Folder 8
Consortium on Jewish Studies, 1994-1995.
Box 5
Folder 9
Discrimination - country clubs, 1980-1997.
Box 5
Folder 10
Diverse Paths pamphlet, 1998.
Box 5
Folder 11
Domestic Affairs Committee, 1992.
Box 5
Folder 12
Dropsie University, 1980-1981.
Box 5
Folder 13
East Stroudsburg University, 1985.
Box 5
Folder 14
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 1999-2002.
Box 5
Folder 15
Endowment fund, 1980-1986.
Box 5
Folder 16
Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1984-1989.
Box 5
Folder 17
Ethiopian Jewry, 1985-1989.
Box 5
Folder 18
Executive Committee, 1986-1998.
Box 5
Folder 19
Extremism radio program, 1967.
Box 5
Folder 20
Father Divine's International Peace Mission Movement, 1984.
Box 5
Folder 21
Federation day care, 1982-1983, 1993.
Box 5
Folder 22
Federation of Jewish Agencies, 1990.
Box 5
Folder 23
Federation of Jewish Agencies, 1991-1997.
Box 5
Folder 24
Fellowship Commission, 1976-1993.
Box 5
Folder 25
Fels Fund, 1997-2000.
Box 5
Folder 26
Films, 1973.
Box 5
Folder 27
Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1996.
Box 5
Folder 28
Franklin Inn Club, 1989-1990, 1996.
Box 5
Folder 29
Friends of the Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress, 1983, 1986.
Box 5
Folder 30
Garb Law Project, 1991-1994.
Box 5
Folder 31
German Academic Exchange Service, 1986-1987.
Box 5
Folder 32
Germany - delegates to, 1982-1987.
Box 5
Folder 33
Gold project: Odyssey of Gold by Aaron A. Gold, 1993-1998.
Box 5
Folder 34
Greater Philadelphia Movement, 1970-1973.
Box 5
Folder 35
Greater Philadelphia Partnership, 1982-1984.
Box 5
Folder 36
House of Umoja, 1988.
Box 5
Folder 37
Jews and large law firms, 1964-1983.
Box 5
Folder 38
Landmark Legal Foundation, 1988-1990.
Box 5
Folder 39
Lease, 1984-2001.
Box 5
Folder 40
Legislative activity reports, 2000-2001.
Box 5
Folder 41
Lichter project: media coverage of Rodney King case and Los Angeles riots, 1992.
Box 5
Folder 42
Lists of contacts, 1992.
Box 5
Folder 43
Lithuanian Jewish relations, 1994-1995.
Box 5
Folder 44
Long Range Planning Committee, 1992-1994.
Box 5
Folder 45
Los Angeles riots, 1992.
Box 5
Folder 46
Mennonites, 1980-1981.
Box 5
Folder 47
Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia, 1969-2002.
Box 5
Folder 48
Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Jewish Studies, 1994.
Box 5
Folder 49
Minimum wage, 1983-1984.
Box 5
Folder 50
Monson High Cost of Jewish Living study, 1991-1993.
Box 5
Folder 51
National Association of Scholars, 1988-1989.
Box 5
Folder 52
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, 1984-1990.
Box 5
Folder 53
National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 1992.
Box 5
Folder 54
National Jewish Coalition, 1985-1996.
Box 5
Folder 55
National Jewish Communal Affairs Commission, 1985.
Box 5
Folder 56
National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, 1986-1997.
Box 5
Folder 57
National Leadership Council, 1993.
Box 5
Folder 58
National Museum of American Jewish History, 1970-2001.
Box 5
Folder 59
New Republic, 1982.
Box 5
Folder 60
News releases, 1996-2001.
Box 5
Folder 61
Newspapers, 1974-2000.
Box 5
Folder 62
North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry, 1989.
Box 5
Folder 63
Oral history library, 1968-1990.
Box 6
Folder 1
Order Sons of Italy, 1987-1993.
Box 6
Folder 2
Partners in Education (PIE), 1999-2001.
Box 6
Folder 3
Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, 1985-1986.
Box 6
Folder 4
Pennsylvania Council of Churches, 1979-1983.
Box 6
Folder 5
Pennsylvania Department of Education, 1975.
Box 6
Folder 6
Pennsylvania Ethnic Studies Heritage Center, 1979-1980.
Box 6
Folder 7
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, 1980-1985.
Box 6
Folder 8
Pennsylvania Humanities Council, 1984-2000.
Box 6
Folder 9
Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition, 1993, 1996.
Box 6
Folder 10
Pennsylvania Jewish Community Relations Conference, 1975-1977.
Box 6
Folder 11
Persecuted Christians abroad, 1997-1999.
Box 6
Folder 12
Pew Charitable Trusts, 2000-2001.
Box 6
Folder 13
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, 1980, 1990.
Box 6
Folder 14
Philadelphia Futures, 1992-1994.
Box 6
Folder 15
Philadelphia Group: The Making of an American Jewish Community, 1987-1990.
Box 6
Folder 16
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1982-1991.
Box 6
Folder 17
Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, 1983-2002.
Box 6
Folder 18
Philadelphia Orchestra, 1990-1996.
Box 6
Folder 19
Philadelphia to Philadelphia project, 1986-1989.
Box 6
Folder 20
Police - minority, 1967-1970.
Box 6
Folder 21
Polish Jewish relations, 1980-1983.
Box 6
Folder 22
Pollard case, 1987, 1994.
Box 6
Folder 23
Preferential treatment: minority set-aside contracts, 1984-1990.
Box 6
Folder 24
Project Interchange (1 of 2), 1997-2002.
Box 6
Folder 25
Project Interchange (2 of 2), 1997-2002.
Box 6
Folder 26
Protesting Syrian murders of Jews, 1984.
Box 6
Folder 27
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College regarding Arthur Waskow, 1989.
Box 6
Folder 28
Regional Council of Neighborhood Organizations, 1993.
Box 6
Folder 29
Republican Jewish Coalition, 2000-2002.
Box 6
Folder 30
Sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia, 1981.
Box 6
Folder 31
Soviet Jews (Soviet Union Trip), 1984-1985.
Box 6
Folder 32
Status of Women in Jewish Organizations, 1991-1993.
Box 6
Folder 33
Stoddart Fleisher School, 1994-2000.
Box 6
Folder 34
Szbad Chapter achievement award, 1997.
Box 6
Folder 35
Toward Tradition, 1995, 2001.
Box 6
Folder 36
The Tribal Basis of American Life, 1996.
Box 6
Folder 37
Ukranians, 1979-1999.
Box 6
Folder 38
United States Civil Rights Commission, 1991.
Box 6
Folder 39
United States Information Agency, 1984-1985.
Box 6
Folder 40
University Alert System, 1978.
Box 6
Folder 41
University of Pennsylvania, 1994.
Box 6
Folder 42
University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center, 1979-1984.
Box 6
Folder 43
University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, 1988-1989.
Box 6
Folder 44
Urban Affairs Partnership, 1987-1992.
Box 6
Folder 45
Walking tours, 1995.
Box 6
Folder 46
West Bank, 1982.
Box 6
Folder 47
Why be Jewish advertisements.
Box 6
Folder 48