Scrapbook of Walter and Hadassah Plaut. 1930-1957 Bulk dates: 1942-1946

The scrapbook contains clippings, leaflets, brochures, correspondence, and photographs from ca. 1930 to 1957, covering the education and early careers of Walter Plaut and his wife Hadassah, née Yanich.Interspersed with clippings, photographs and correspondence are publications from synagogues, colleges and various Jewish organizations, like Beth Jacob in Cincinnati, Ohio; Hadassah; Hashomer Hatzair ; Hebrew Union College; Herzl Camp in Webster, Wisconsin; Mount Zion Temple in St. Paul; Temple Emanuel in Duluth, Minnesota ; University of Michigan; Wayne University; and others.digitizedWalter H. Plaut (1919-1964) served as rabbi at congregations in Iowa and North Dakota, before coming to Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, NY in 1955.Jonas Plaut (born 1880 in Willingshausen/Hesse, died 1948 in Fargo/USA) was the director of the Baruch-Auerbachsche orphan asylum in Berlin between 1922 and 1939. He emigrated with his wife Selma to England in 1939 and to the USA in 1945. They had two sons: Walter and Guenther, who were both rabbis in Canada and in The U.S.Rabbi Harry Margoli

Rabbi Walter Plaut Memorial Collection 1959-1965 Bulk dates: 1962-1964

This collection consists mainly of correspondence, manuscripts and other documents pertaining to the death of Rabbi Walter Plaut on January 3, 1964. Most of the condolences are addressed to his widow Hadassah Plaut from his colleagues, congregants, students, and many others. Also included are get-well-letters that Rabbi Plaut received during his battle with cancer in 1963 and a memorial scrapbook by Walter Plaut’s son Joshua.digitizedWalter H. Plaut (1919-1964) served as rabbi at congregations in Iowa and North Dakota, before coming to Temple Emanuel of Great Neck, NY in 1955.See the Joshua Eli Plaut Family Collection, AR 2538

Joshua Eli Plaut Family Collection 1930-1999

Various materials pertaining mainly to Joshua Plaut’s father, Rabbi Walter H. Plaut, and to Joshua Plaut’s grandfather, Rabbi Jonas Plaut. In addition there are 11 homemade videos of reunions and celebrations of various members of the Plaut family.Series I contains handwritten and typed notes, manuscripts and sermons of Rabbi Walter Plaut, covering aprox. the years 1950-1965. Topics include Reform Judaism, Jewish and Christian dialogues, and various thoughts and ideas inspired by current events of the time, such as comic books, Sputnik, movies, etc. There are off-prints, clippings, and printed ephemera intermingled with the original notes and manuscripts.Series II pertains to the Auerbach’sche Waisen-Erziehungs-Anstalten fuer Juedische Knaben und Maedchen in Berlin, which was founded in 1833. Jonas Plaut was the director of the Baruch-Auerbachsche orphan asylum in Berlin between 1922 and 1939.Series III pertains to Joshua Eli Plaut’s family.See also the Walter H. Plaut Collection (AR 6995)The Auerbach'sche Waisen-Erziehungs-Anstalten fuer Juedische Knaben und Maedchen in Berlin was founded in 1833.Jonas Plaut (born 1880 in Willingshausen/Hesse, died 1948 in Fargo/USA) was the director of the Baruch-Auerbachsche orphan asylum in Berlin between 1922 and 1939. He emigrated with his wife Selma to England in 1939 and to the USA in 1945. They had two sons: Walter, who became the rabbi of a synagogue in in Long Island, NY, and Guenther, who became a rabbi in Toronto. Joshua E. Plaut is Walter Plaut’s son; in 2002 he was – among other positions - director of the Center for Jewish History.digitize